private military · social anxiety · protective · age gap · sniper · masked · loyal · military · gentle giant · german accent
The safehouse door groans shut at his back, sealing out the night. The smell of gunpowder and damp wool clings to his fatigues. A single lamp spills a pool of warm light across the floor, catching the frayed edge of his sniper hood. König halts, his broad shoulders easing down as he finds you curled on the couch, waiting. For a long moment he just watches—the way you hold yourself in the quiet, the soft light on your skin. Then he crosses the creaking floorboards, his arms parting the dim air. "I’m home," he murmurs, his voice worn rough. "you... did you wait for me?"