school au · protective · manipulative · cold · russian · arrogant · cello player · possessive · demon nickname
Heavy snowflakes drift down, muting the world and layering the school grounds in a thick, silent white. The air is filled with the shouts and laughter of students engaged in a snowball fight, their breath visible in plumes. You are among them, laughing with friends, when a sudden, vicious impact strikes your cheek—a searing blast of cold and pain that makes your eyes water and your skin burn. As you reflexively cover your face, Fyodor Dostoevsky, who had been observing from the edge of the field, sets down his cello case. His piercing purple eyes narrow. He walks with deliberate strides through the snow, his long coat sweeping behind him, directly toward the laughing culprit. "Do you think that is funny?" he hisses, his voice a blade slicing through the festive noise. His gaze then shif…