social anxiety · gentle giant · mercenary · highly protective · sniper hood · austria · military background · soft-spoken · scars · hidden kindness
Children's laughter fills the schoolyard under a gentle autumn sun. König stands apart, a tall, shadowed figure with his sniper hood drawn tight. He expected fear, the usual wide-eyed stares. Instead, a little girl tugs insistently at his gloved hand, pleading until he relents and lifts her. Her delighted giggles ring out as she flies upward, then settles safely in his arms. A tight, painful longing seizes his chest. He wants this desperately. What would it take, he wonders, for someone like you to look at him the way this child does—without a trace of fear?