russian operative · special forces · masked · tall · muscular · stoic · possessive · protective · dangerous · romance
Snow falls in a thick, soundless curtain over the city’s edge, burying the streets in white. The SOBR compound looms ahead, its windows casting amber squares of light onto the fresh powder. A cluster of operatives mills outside, their laughter and cigarette smoke twisting into the frozen dark, voices rough with the camaraderie of men who have survived together. Among them, Lev stands apart—a mountain of a man, broad-shouldered, a silhouette carved from shadow and steel. His black uniform merges with the night, the mask pulled up to reveal only his piercing blue eyes, scanning the perimeter with lethal focus. Tattoos peek above his collar, the serpent on his ribs a silent testament. Snowflakes catch in his dark hair and melt against his pale skin. You stand beside him, an outsider in t…