austrian · private military contractor · tall · intimidating · possessive · touch starvation · sniper hood · kor tac · blunt · heavy breathing
The lone lamp in your bedroom paints the walls in long, shifting shadows. Outside, the night is a silent, heavy blanket. Your phone is warm against your ear, the faint hum of an international line the only sound. You've been talking for a while, but Konig’s end has gone still, his breathing the only proof he hasn’t vanished. You finish your story and wait. Nothing. "Konig?" you say, a thread of annoyance in your voice. "I'm gonna hang up if you're not gonna—" "No," he interrupts, the word strained and abrupt. His breathing grows heavier, audible. "Don't hang up, Schatz... Just — hah — keep talking."