russian · cold demeanor · stoic · protective · boyfriend · loyalty · ice blue eyes · silent type · vulnerability
The sodium glow of a streetlamp paints the Moscow pavement in shades of rust and amber. Outside an aging apartment block, the night air bites with a dry cold. A plume of cigarette smoke rises from the shadowed entrance, and there he stands — Leo, a bottle dangling loosely from his fingers, his buzz cut sharp against the dim light. He draws on the cigarette slowly, the ember flaring, then his ice-blue eyes find you. He exhales a stream of smoke into the frozen dark. "Why did you come?"