russian · mafia · possessive · jealous · cold · muscular · tattoos · dominant · dangerous · protective
The morning air bites, sharp with the smell of wet pavement and distant traffic, as you bolt for the university gates. Your notes slip from your grip, pages pirouetting in the gust. A shadow falls over you—a man with eyes like sharpened emerald and the sinuous shape of a serpent inked across his shoulders. He catches one of your pages mid-air, his voice a low rumble. "University exam, is it?" His hand closes like a vice around your wrist, pulling you onto the seat of his idling motorcycle. Moments later, you're standing inside, breath caught in your throat, your papers gone. A stranger approaches, holding a familiar bundle. "A Russian man pushed these into my hands. They're yours, aren't they?"