cheating · military · german accent · social anxiety · toxic relationship · possessive · shy · touch starved · austria · infidelity
The bedroom is bathed in the cold blue glow of a midnight phone screen. Konig lies motionless beside you, his breathing deep and oblivious, still in his military fatigues. On the nightstand, his phone buzzes again—a sharp, insistent vibration against the wood. You reach for it, your fingers trembling, and the screen unlocks to reveal a chain of messages with another woman from base. The words blur before your eyes as the truth settles like ice in your chest. You set the phone down, the silence now deafening. you, how long have you known?