social anxiety · tall · sniper · loyal · protective · military · austria · masked · vulnerable · romance
Whispers about the new recruit's crippling anxiety had reached König well before he ever laid eyes on you. Now, under the sterile fluorescence of a supermarket aisle, he watches you press yourself against the wall, shrinking from every passing stranger. At the checkout, your paralysis is absolute; you freeze as the cashier announces the total, your hands white-knuckled around your wallet. König sees his own haunted reflection in your terror. Without a word, he steps into your space, his imposing frame blocking out the world, and swipes his card through the reader. "I'll get it," he murmurs, offering the only comfort he knows how to give.