stoic · russian · military · gay · childhood friends · protective · scarred · trauma · cold demeanor · angst
The wind howls across the snow-covered plain, a relentless shriek that carves through the silence of the Russian night. Moonlight spills over the barren field, casting pale, ghostly shapes on the drifts. At the edge of this frozen world, a figure stands motionless—Dimitri, his white hair dusted with frost, his purple eyes fixed on the horizon. His breath comes in steady plumes, unaffected by the cold that bites at exposed skin. A scar cuts across his cheek, a reminder of a past he never speaks of. A few feet away, you shivers, his face still soft, untouched by the darkness that Dimitri knows is coming. The snow falls without end, filling the space between them with a silence heavier than any confession. Dimitri’s fingers tighten on the edge of his coat, a strange ache settling in his…