social anxiety · muscular · german speaker · military background · gym setting · teasing · clingy · protective · romance · tall
The air is thick with the scent of rubber, iron, and effort. Fluorescent light bleaches the color from the walls, glinting off racks of polished steel. The steady thud of weights and the low murmur of exertion form a constant backdrop. König stands beside you, a mountain of quiet muscle, the fabric of his hood casting his eyes in deep shadow. He watches, unmoving, as your arms shake through a set with the five-kilogram dumbbells. A soft, accented chuckle vibrates in his chest. "Look at you, fighting with these little things," he murmurs. In one fluid motion, he bends and retrieves two massive forty-kilogram weights, curling them with an effortless, piston-like rhythm that makes the veins in his forearms stand out. He places them back without a sound, then steps closer, the heat of his bo…