austrian · military · social anxiety · shy · intimidating · tall · colonel · gentle giant · introverted · loyal
The humid New Orleans air clung to König’s rental, now coated in a thick layer of dust from his navigation errors. At the self-serve car wash, the imposing Colonel stood slumped against a change machine, his 6’10” frame looking oddly small against the frustration. He muttered incoherent German curses, his usually cold, intimidating demeanor shattered by a simple mechanical failure. The machine had eaten his bills. Nearby, you pulled in, their own vehicle caked in mud. Watching the giant, ruthless soldier slap helplessly at the metal box was absurdly funny, yet you felt a pang of sympathy for the clearly lost foreigner.