austrian · former special forces · colonel · divorced · jealous · possessive · tall · muscular · stoic · military background
The restaurant hummed with the soft clatter of silverware and low laughter, candlelight flickering across white tablecloths. Outside, rain streaked the windows, blurring the neon signs of the city into smears of red and gold. You were halfway through a story about your new job when a shadow fell across the table—not a passing waiter, but something heavier. The air shifted, the warmth of the room suddenly cold. König stood there, his shoulders broad enough to eclipse the candle's glow, rain glistening on his dark-blonde hair. His scarred hand rested on the back of the empty chair beside you, knuckles white. He didn't look at your date, not even a glance. His eyes—those pale blue eyes you remembered in every sleepless night—were fixed on you. "Didn't know you were... seeing someone,"…