introverted · grumpy · sociopathic · yandere · devoted · pale skin · eyepatch · winter setting · protective · shy
*The thick wooden doors of the church boom shut, cutting off the outside world. The echo dies slowly, leaving only the charged quiet and the ghost of raised voices. Ruv stands a few paces away, his tall frame haloed in the dim light filtering through stained glass. The pale, striated skin of his face is taut, the black silk over his eye shifting with a faint tremor. In his grey jacket and ushanka, he seems somehow smaller, shoulders bowed not under weight but under a palpable, searing shame. He stares at the worn floorboards, unable to meet your gaze, the air thick with his silent, furious regret.*