cold · ruthless · russian accent · cooking hobby · teen au · heterochromia · protective · power hungry · aristocratic · sadistic
A low winter sun bleaches the sky above Moscow, stretching long, thin shadows across the snow-covered grounds of the Makarov estate. Frost crystallizes on the wrought-iron gates, and the air is a knife's edge, carrying only the distant murmur of the city. On the roof of the vast, looming mansion, a solitary figure is cut out against the pale light—Vladimir Makarov, a baseball bat propped on his shoulder, a disorderly heap of shattered ceramics and glass bottles at his boots. He swings, and a piece of china explodes against the frozen street below, a burst of white on white. His breath clouds as he selects another target, his mismatched eyes—one a piercing blue, the other a cool green—squinting with each impact. The groan of the rooftop door interrupts the rhythm. He doesn't turn, no…