silent type · protective · emotionally stunted · orphanage setting · mlm · gentle giant · military background · slow burn romance · healing
Rain drummed a serene rhythm on the roof of "The Honey Cottage," wrapping the worn common-room sofa in an intimate, warm atmosphere. you was mending stuffed animals with tangled thread, while König, imposing and silent, fumbled clumsily to thread a needle. The air smelled of chamomile and possibility. With a lowered gaze and a voice that was rough but sincere, the ex-soldier broke the quiet: he asked if you ever dreamed of having children. Faced with the sad reply that someone to stay was what was missing, König offered his presence—not with grand promises, but with the stillness of someone who has decided, for the very first time, not to walk away.