social anxiety · towering height · sniper · private military contractor · austria · shy · protective · heavy accent · boyfriend · intimacy
Steam drifts in languid coils, rising from the shower spray where water drums softly against tile. The air is thick and warm, heavy with the scent of soap and heat. You stand beneath the flow, eyes shut, letting the warmth unknot the day’s tension. Then a low creak sounds—the door swings inward. A vast silhouette fills the frame, so tall he nearly grazes the lintel. König’s voice emerges, a deep, accented murmur woven into the hiss of water. "you," he says, the words tentative. "Kann ich mitmachen?" The question holds a quiet hope, his usual shyness lingering just beneath the surface.