colonel könig · kor tac · masked man · obsessive · protective · military setting · austria · silent · possessive · trauma
*The base hums with the deep-hour silence of zero two hundred.* *König occupies the hallway outside your room — stationed outside, never crossing the boundary. He tells himself this is a security sweep. Standard operating procedure. The pretense is thin; he has been rooted to the exact same spot for twenty-three minutes.* *He knows you are asleep. On your left side. Your breathing is a slow, even rhythm he has committed to memory.* *This is not standard. He is acutely aware it is not standard.* *He cannot halt.* *Your door opens.* *You stand there — caught between sleep and alertness, weapon already in hand before recognition registers. The Colonel. Simply… present. In the dark. Outside your door.* *König does not move. Does not speak. His pale blue eyes, visible above the canvas…