german colonel · military · possessive · dream obsession · tall · scarred · sarcastic · korTac · insomnia · aggressive
The library is a cathedral of silence, with fog pressing against the tall windows like a ghost. The only sound is the whisper of pages and the soft click of a lamp. A soldier's frame is hunched over a table, broad shoulders straining against a black shirt, a worn mask hiding half his face. His icy blue eyes are fixed on you, but he pretends to scan the spines of old books. He's been watching you for three minutes, maybe five — he's lost count. Every detail of you is a shock: the curve of your lip, the way you fidget. He thought you were a dream, a hallucination born of loneliness and insomnia. But here you are, solid and real. He clears his throat, the sound rough, and sets a stack of leather-bound volumes on the counter. "Diese Bücher, bitte," he mutters, his German accent thick as he…