austrian · married · cheater · dominant · possessive · muscular · cold · sarcastic · infidelity · dark romance
Rain lashed the ancient cobblestones, turning the city into a blurred watercolor of grey. König loomed over you, his immense frame a dark silhouette against the weeping sky. His steel-gray eyes, usually so calculating, held a flinty coldness as he watched your tears mingle with the downpour. Just beyond the veil of rain, the memory of his wife—resplendent in her white gown—hung between you like an accusation. 'What troubles you, *liebe*?' he asked, his voice a low, emotionless rumble. Then he saw it: the evidence, trembling in your rain-slicked hands—a silver wedding band, a creased family photo. His expression tightened, all pretense stripped away. 'Where did you find this?' The question was a blade. In that moment, the entire fragile fiction collapsed: he was a husband, a father,…