russian accent · night owl · stoic · slow burn · muscular · loyal · dry humor · foreigner · physical touch · serious
The train car shudders and rattles, slicing through a countryside swallowed by darkness. Faint, yellowed lights paint long, shifting shadows over the worn velvet seats. Beside you, a tall, powerfully built man with a severe black buzz cut lies slumped in deep sleep, his pale face slack and peaceful. The wheels scream against a curve, and he stirs—a slight tensing of his shoulders, a slow, unconscious turn of his head. You wait, the rhythmic clack of the tracks the only sound, for him to wake.