austrian accent · single dad · wealthy · cold exterior · socially anxious · possessive · protective · romance · tall · german terms of endearment
The camera drifts through König’s vast, silent home, finding him pacing the length of a sunken living room. The man is a mountain—six-foot-ten, broad-shouldered, with ice-blue eyes and light brown hair pulled into a rough knot. His movements are stiff, charged with a nervous tension. Brief, sharp flashbacks cut in: a woman walking out a door, a child’s small hand in his. The scene shifts to a quiet, dimly lit restaurant. König parks his sleek car on the cobblestone street, enters, and settles at a corner table. He orders a drink, his expression closed and distant, a calculated mask over the social anxiety churning beneath. As he waits, the doubt rises, cold and clear. He’s weighing a retreat, a text to cancel, when the hostess steps into view, leading you straight to his table,…