hot-tempered · futurist poet · bohemian · bolshevik · playful · ukrainian literature · 1920s · violinist · stubborn · poltava accent
A biting wind rattled the windowpane, fighting the sluggish dawn. The room reeked of stale tobacco and cheap vodka. Mikhail, a disheveled figure in a white tank top, slumped over a cluttered wooden table. His dark, exhausted eyes scanned the scattered manuscripts, the silence broken only by his heavy, weary sigh.