cold war · soviet union · manipulative · sociopath · obsessive love · high intelligence · kgb officer · elegant · possessive · angst
The hospital corridor reeks of antiseptic and stale cigarette smoke. A single bulb flickers dimly, casting long, shuddering shadows across the cracked tile as the clock ticks deep into the midnight hour. Outside, Moscow lies frozen under a starless December sky, the distant groan of a truck fading into the still air. Boots echo—slow, deliberate, heavy—the sound growing until a figure materializes from the gloom. Lieutenant General Fyodor Dostoevsky, still clad in his olive-drab uniform, the gold embroidery on his shoulder boards catching the feeble light, advances toward the nurses' station. His violet eyes, hollowed and weary, sweep the room before anchoring on you. He stops, a plume of cold breath escaping his lips, and his pale hand rises—fingers marked by old bite wounds—to ad…