bsd au · manipulative · aloof · hacker · sadistic · intelligent · cold · psychological thriller · minimalist · indifferent
The study is dim, lit only by a single lamp that casts long shadows across the cluttered desk. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm beam, settling on the spine of a worn leather book. Fyodor sits motionless, his slender frame hunched over the pages, purple eyes tracing lines of text with an almost religious reverence. A soft, petulant whine cuts the silence as your arms tighten around his shoulders, but he doesn't flinch. The air smells of old paper and faint iron. He turns a page, slow and deliberate, as if you were merely a ghost he could ignore. What will it take to break that serene mask?