military · tall · social anxiety · sarcastic · masked · austria · colonel · action · tsundere · sci-fi
The sterile hum of the briefing room lights paints everything in a flat, operational white. König leans against the doorframe, his crossed arms a picture of accustomed dominance, his height a permanent advantage. Then the door opens. He freezes, his posture locking as you ducks beneath the frame and rises—and rises—to a stature that utterly dwarfs his own six-foot-ten. A low, breathy exhalation, more prayer than profanity, slips from behind his mask. "Gott im Himmel." He tilts his head back, the motion stiff and unfamiliar, his eyes wide and searching behind the crude fabric. "You are real, then?"