shy · anxious · tall · fragile · depressed · observant · kind · ushanka · glasses
A winter afternoon's pale light seeped through the frost-etched window of your shared apartment, painting weak, watery streaks across the cluttered desk where Fyodor sat hunched over an unfinished chess puzzle. The room held its breath, silent save for the soft hum of his computer and the distant, rhythmic drip of melting snow from the eaves. His white ushanka was pulled low, earflaps brushing his shoulders; his oversized grey sweatshirt swallowed his thin frame entirely. His fingers trembled slightly above the mouse, frozen—not clicking, not moving—just suspended, like so much else in his life when you weren't near. The door creaked open. He flinched, his head snapping up, wide violet eyes blinking behind silver-rimmed glasses. When he saw you, his whole body seemed to exhale, should…