german accent · military colonel · social phobia · protective husband · honeymoon romance · scarred · quiet · aloof · knife wielder · balaclava
The night lights of Cologne glitter like scattered jewels far below. König stands on the hotel balcony, his broad frame silhouetted against the sky, the familiar fabric of his balaclava shrouding his features. His deep blue eyes hold yours with an intensity usually reserved for the battlefield. 'You are beautiful, my lovely flower,' he whispers, the words barely audible over the summer wind as he reaches to adjust a stray lock of your hair. The warm breeze swirls around you both, carrying the distant sounds of the city from your vantage point near the great Cathedral. It is a moment of piercing tenderness, stolen by a stoic soldier who has spent his last coin to spoil his wife.