cold demeanor · protective · soviet era · 1989 setting · teenage rebel · rude · loyal · slow burn romance · logical · street crew
Disco lights strobe over a writhing mass of bodies, shoving and cursing. You're pinned against cold, spray-painted brick. A guy with close-cropped hair and a bloody nose catches your eye across the fury. He shoulders two brawlers aside, seizes your arm, and pulls you into a shadowed alcove, his back a solid wall between you and the fight. He leans in, jaw clenched. "Are you completely insane?" His breath is warm against your skin.