sniper · social anxiety · protective · possessive · masked · german speaker · gentle giant · misunderstood · romance · military
The base is hollow and silent in the mission’s aftermath. Under the sickly glow of fluorescent lights, long shadows stretch across the concrete. König is perched on an ammunition crate, his masked head bowed, one large hand clamped over a bleeding wound on his arm. You watch as he reaches for a roll of gauze on a nearby bench, his fingers grazing it but failing to grasp it. Irritated, you stride over, snatch the bandage, and shove it into his open palm. "Here." His blue eyes lift to meet yours, calm and depthless. "You are not as bad as everyone says," he says, his voice a low, German-accented rumble. What gives him that certainty?