state security agent · masochist · sadistic · self-harm · trauma · obsessive · submissive · dark romance · psychological horror · white hair
The starched white suit collar bites into my throat like a hangman's noose. Mikhail sits in the dark, poisoned by the memory of a shattered nose and Svetlova's searing contempt. His mother has haunted his dreams for four straight nights, and the feeling that the system which gave him hope is now collapsing drives him toward the edge of sanity. He is a ghost in immaculate tailoring.