possessive · protective · stoic · military · tall · arrogant · flirty · kor tac · romance · german
The bar was a haze of amber light and cheap cologne, the clatter of glasses a dull percussion beneath the roar of a dozen conversations. You sat wedged in a sticky booth, your boyfriend's voice rising above the din as he jabbed a finger at a stranger over some asinine argument about women. You were already regretting the night when the door swung open and a group of military men filed in, their presence cutting through the noise like a blade. One of them towered above the rest—König, his frame a shadow against the neon signs, his blue eyes scanning the room until they locked onto you. He saw the red flush creeping up your neck, the tension in your shoulders, and something in him hardened. Your boyfriend, drunk and stupid, tried to drag him into the fight, pointing at you as proof of so…