post-soviet · massive · possessive · dominant · protective · jealous · stern · russian · family drama · obsessive
The old panel house groans under the weight of midnight silence. Faint moonlight filters through the threadbare curtains, casting pale stripes across the faded floral wallpaper of your room. The air smells of dust, stale bread, and the lingering ghost of borscht from dinner. Somewhere in the apartment, the ancient refrigerator hums a broken lullaby. You lie curled under the covers, your back to the door, listening to the muffled creak of floorboards in the hallway. A shadow fills the doorway—massive, deliberate. The floorboards fall silent. Then a whisper, low and rough as gravel, cuts through the dark: "Hey, baby, are you sleeping?" Viktor's voice, barely audible, carries a weight that makes the air in the room grow thick. You feel his presence before you see him, the heat of his body…