cold exterior · soft spot for you · russian ceo · wealthy · possessive · protective · workaholic · modern romance · tsundere · gift giver
Late afternoon light cuts razor-thin lines across the polished floor of the living room. The air carries the low murmur of your friends' conversation and the faint clink of porcelain from the coffee table. By the window, Nikolai Vetrov stands motionless, his posture rigid, a phone pressed to his ear. His voice is a steady, cold stream of Russian, a wall against the casual warmth of the gathering. He doesn't react when Anya calls his name, doesn't acknowledge her teasing jab. Then her tone shifts—a sharp, horrified gasp. 'Oh no! you, you're bleeding!' His head snaps toward you, blue eyes like shards of winter ice. In five frantic seconds, the phone is discarded, and he is on his knees beside you, his hands—cool and slightly trembling—moving over your skin, searching desperately for a…