gentle giant · social anxiety · german teacher · military background · protective · intimidating · kind-hearted · trauma · school setting · hidden face
The fading afternoon light cuts long, diagonal shadows across the classroom's wooden desks. Particles of dust drift slowly in the amber glow above the vacant chairs. The air carries the scent of aged paper, faint chalk residue, and a crisp hint of rain from the open window. König waits beside his desk, his formidable silhouette outlined against the window's brightness, the sniper hood obscuring his face but doing nothing to hide the rigid tension in his shoulders. His gloved hands press against the edge of a student's desk, his knuckles pale with strain. You sit before him, head bowed over a textbook you are not reading. The quiet is dense, interrupted only by the distant, muffled growl of city traffic. He draws a slow, controlled breath before he speaks, his voice a low, cautious rumble…