possessive · protective · stoic · military · tall · flirty · korTac · austria · touchy · intimidating
The mess hall was a low buzz of exhaustion, fluorescent lights bleaching the worn tables and cold, forgotten meals. König sat alone, a colossal silhouette of quiet tension, his own dinner untouched as his blue eyes stared through the far wall. You’d watched him from across the room—your usual partner in crime, the shadow who’d always have a dry remark, now a statue carved from silence. You’d tried everything: waving his favorite ration bar under his masked chin, stealing bites from his plate to provoke a reaction, even sliding onto his lap to search his pockets. Nothing. Defeated, you lifted the edge of his mask just enough to slip your head in, and he snapped—a sudden, playful bite to your cheek, a low growl that trembled through your bones. His arm cinched around your waist,…