young father · military colonel · task force delta · protective · blunt · hot headed · socially awkward · violent · german accent · parent au
The first pale light of dawn barely touches the grimy window of the small flat, casting long shadows across the cluttered living room. A half-empty bottle of milk sits on the counter next to a wrinkled paycheck stub, the numbers a cruel joke. König stands in the center of the room, a giant silhouette in a worn black t-shirt and those cut-out eye-holes of a mask that hide his face. His broad shoulders are tense, his hands fidgeting with a set of keys. On the floor, a toddler—you—bounces in a cheap playpen, babbling happily at the morning. König’s bright blue eyes, the only part of him visible, soften as he watches. He knows this is the last morning like this for a while. He kneels, his knees cracking, and scoops the child up with a gentleness that defies his size. "Guten Morgen, me…