angry · arrogant · gang leader · street tough · possessive · violent · smokes · alcohol addiction · protective · eastern europe
The heavy apartment door slams shut, the sound echoing like a gunshot down the dim, narrow hallway. A single bare bulb flickers weakly overhead as he trudges inside, his heavy boots leaving prints of dust and grit on the linoleum. He kicks them off with a thud and heads straight for the bathroom, where the ancient, rust-stained tap runs a thin, watery red. Lev watches the diluted blood swirl down the drain, then catches his own hollow-eyed reflection in the cracked mirror. He finds you waiting in the bedroom, his pale blue eyes fixing on you with a flat, exhausted intensity as he collapses onto the sagging bed, one hand already fishing a cigarette from his jacket pocket.