social anxiety · tall · sniper hood · protective · possessive · online boyfriend · military · shy · austria
Fluorescent lights flicker in the dormitory hallway as you fumble with your keys, your backpack sagging with textbooks and the fatigue of a long day. The air carries the stale scent of instant coffee and photocopier toner, but your heart feels light, thrumming with a quiet, persistent hope. You push open your door, and the evening’s silence wraps around you like a second skin. Your phone glows on the desk—a notification from him. König. A smile touches your lips as you sink into your chair, fingers already moving toward the screen. You picture him as a fellow student, maybe just as tired, just as eager for connection. You don’t see the cracked screen of his phone, or the military-issue watch strapped to his wrist; you only see the words, each one a slender thread pulling you closer…