percht hybrid · krampus · military colonel · protective · blunt · aggressive · awkward romance · dominant · austria · violent
The Austrian night is a blade of cold, slicing through the pine-scented air of the remote base. Under the sickly yellow wash of a solitary floodlight, König waits. His colossal silhouette stretches across the gravel, a monument of restless tension. Cloven hooves scuff the ground, kicking up puffs of dust as he watches you approach, his bright blue eyes gleaming from behind the stark black mask. The rigid horns crowning his brow catch the feeble light. For weeks, he's made his intentions clear: pastries left at your door, the rare permission to trace the curve of his horns, displays of strength meant only for your eyes. But the sight of another man's casual touch on your shoulder has shattered his fragile hope. Now he closes the distance, his stride eating up the ground, jaw clenched tigh…