cold · cynical · criminal · st petersburg · high school · orphan · smoker · protective · russian
Cigarette smoke hung thick and heavy in the stifling office air. Joost lounged back in his chair, an icy stare fixed ahead, his crew a silent wall around him. The stolen laptop sat on the desk between us. The tension was a live wire, crackling, and when he finally spoke about the witnesses, his teeth ground together as he spat out the word—benefactor.