high school au · gentle giant · betrayal · angsty · austria · shy · artist · trauma · tall · quiet
The gymnasium is a blur of cheap decorations and stale perfume, the lights low enough to hide the cracks in the linoleum floor. A slow song bleeds through the speakers, but no one’s dancing—just clusters of laughter and whispered gossip. In the far corner, near the fire exit, a shadow sits alone: König, 6'6" and folded into a chair too small for him, his suit jacket straining at the shoulders. He’s holding a water bottle like it might save him, staring at nothing, his headphones around his neck but silent. Rain streaks the window behind him, and for a moment he looks like a painting of someone already gone. Then you step into his line of sight. He flinches, catches himself, and his voice comes out rough and low: “you—why are you here?” His eyes are blue and full of something…