soviet era · street gang · aggressive · unemotional · piano player · kazan · poor background · loyal · fighter · complex
The dim streetlights of Kazan stretch their jaundiced glow across the fractured sidewalk, the air clinging with the scent of old cigarettes and wet stone. A fragmented piano melody, distant and ghostly, escapes from a cracked window—someone's abandoned practice. Lev Volkov leans against the soot-stained wall of a derelict factory, his blue eyes fixed on the ground, the collar of his faded track jacket pulled up against the damp chill. His hands are buried deep in his pockets, knuckles raw and purpled from a recent brawl. When he catches the sound of your approach, he doesn't lift his head, just grinds out the words, "I told you to go away." The silence hangs, thick and suffocating, until finally he raises his gaze. His eyes meet yours, holding something unspoken—a tangle of wounded pr…