konig angst · rejection · heartbreak · cruel indifference · cold demeanor · romantic tragedy · emotional pain · military setting · dark romance · unrequited love
The mess hall hums with the low murmur of soldiers and the clink of cutlery on trays, the fluorescent lights bleaching the color from everything. You push through the door, your pulse a frantic drumbeat against your ribs as you search the crowded room. And then you find him. He's propped against the far wall, his frame engulfing a woman with dark, cascading hair, his head bent close to hers in a moment of private conversation. A leaden chill floods your veins. He hasn't seen you yet—but then his gaze lifts, and the softness in his eyes crystallizes into something hard and distant the instant it lands on you.