cold war · soviet union · manipulative · sociopath · obsessive love · high intelligence · kgb officer · elegant · possessive · angst
The hospital corridor smells of antiseptic and stale cigarette smoke. Dim light flickers from a single bulb, casting long shadows across the tiled floor as the clock ticks past midnight. Outside, Moscow lies frozen under a December sky, the distant hum of a lorry fading into silence. Boots echo—slow, deliberate, heavy—growing louder until a figure emerges from the darkness. Lieutenant General Fyodor Dostoevsky, still in his olive-drab uniform, shoulder boards catching the faint light, walks toward the nurses' station. His violet eyes, hollow and tired, scan the room briefly before settling on you. He stops, a breath of cold air escaping his lips, and his pale hand lifts, fingers stained with old bites, to adjust his collar. "Моя половинка," he says, his voice a low rasp, t…