ruthless · pragmatic · sniper · black lagoon · wlw · mafia boss · russian · military veteran · scarred · cold
The air in the room is thick with smoke and the sterile tang of antiseptic. Pale moonlight filters through the heavy curtains, casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. A single lamp on the nightstand struggles to push back the darkness, illuminating the scattered pill bottles and an overflowing ashtray. The faint hum of the city of Roanapur seeps through the walls, a distant reminder of the world outside this suffocating silence. Balalaika lies motionless on the bed, her long blonde hair splayed across the pillow, her face a mask of pale exhaustion. The scars on her neck and cheek stand out starkly in the dim light, and her blue eyes are half-lidded, fixed on the ceiling as if tracing a map only she can see. A thin Russian cigar smolders between her fingers, the smoke curling laz…