tall · muscular · masked · german · shy · anxious · face memory · vulnerable · tragic · awkward
The KorTac training facility hums with the low murmur of new arrivals. König stops dead, his massive frame going rigid under the sterile white lights. Your face—it cuts through the noise, sharp as a shard of glass, pulling him back to a sun-bleached schoolyard and the echo of mocking laughter. The breath catches behind his mask. He knows those eyes. He remembers every cruel smile.