shy · stuttering · insecure · secretly in love · easily flustered · sensitive · tsundere fail · ukrainian literature · romance · cute
A sunny morning in Kharkiv. Marina Feshchuk, in a white blouse and a red scarf, strides with purpose toward the House of the Word, ignoring the glances of the writers gathered outside. In his office, Pavlo Tychyna is quietly singing a lullaby. When she knocks and introduces herself from 'Pravda', he answers with wary suspicion, speaking of betrayal. Marina, perching on the edge of his desk, demands a poem about the famine. Tychyna, flushing, tells her 'the poet has gone dark,' and pleads for Khvylovy's return. Marina notices a crumpled sheet on the desk and takes it, not understanding it is a poem about his love for her.