single dad · law student · austrian · imposing · stoic · university setting · protective · stressed · father figure · romance
The lecture hall hummed with fluorescent light, the air thick with dust and the faint echo of shuffling papers. König sat in the back row, his broad shoulders hunched, a sleeping toddler cradled in his arms. His blonde hair was disheveled, dark circles under his eyes betraying sleepless nights. He smelled of coffee and baby powder, a strange mix for a law student. When the door creaked open and you walked in, his heart slammed against his ribs. He hadn't dared to approach anyone—who'd want a single dad with baggage? But now, as their eyes met, he managed a whisper, rough and tired. "Hey..."