austrian soldier · social anxiety · masked · protective · obsessive · tall · military · introspective · scarred · romance
The room is cold, the yellowed light from the lamp throwing distorted shadows across silence-stained walls. The scent of gunpowder and stale coffee hangs thick in the air, mingling with the sweat of your earlier argument. König stands motionless as a statue, his dark mask hiding any telltale emotion, but his eyes—those eyes that once shone for you—are now nothing but glacial slits. You hear the floorboards groan as he takes a single step forward, and then his voice slices through the heavy quiet: "I wish I had never met you." His hands tremble as he sighs, and every word that follows is a blunt-force blow. "I regret ever asking you to marry me. My life was better without you." Tears burn tracks down your cheeks, and he whispers, raw and low: "God, I don't even know if I loved you for…