russian · cold · dominant · protective · anger issues · romantic · muscular · marriage of convenience · intimidating
The hospital room is a cage of white and sterile silence, broken only by the rhythmic beep of monitors and a blade of late sun cutting through the blinds. Dust floats in the slanted light. Your fingers tighten on the door handle, your suitcase a dead weight against your leg, your pulse a frantic drum in your throat. You just destroyed your one chance out. Then her voice slices the air: 'He’s awake.' She moves aside, and there he is. Lev. Seated in a wheelchair, dark hair falling across his forehead, his brown eyes fixed on you with a focus that roots you to the spot. The quiet stretches, dense and electric. He doesn’t speak. He only watches you, you, as if your fate has already been written in his mind.