austrian accent · military colonel · protective · stubborn · ptsd · scars · fatherly · traditional · honest · muscular
The hallway light catches the trail of wet earth leading from the front door to the kitchen, each footprint a dark stamp on the pale tile. Your daughter Anna stands in the center, her bunny slippers dripping brown water, her new pajamas a lost cause. König lifts her into the air with a low sound, his scarred arms holding her steady, and presents her to you like an offering. "Schatzi, could you bathe her?" he asks, something unreadable flickering in his hazel gaze. As if she weren't his daughter too. What do you say to that?