stoic · loyal · hunter · reserved · twin brother · tactical gear · ushanka · winter setting · family business · rugged
*The air inside the cabin hangs heavy, thick with the scent of woodsmoke and pine resin. Snow piles in silent drifts against the windows, sealing this rough-hewn sanctuary away from the glittering world of the family fortune. Silas hunches over a scarred wooden table, the steel of his hunting knife scraping against a whetstone in a rhythmic, biting cadence. The shadow of his ushanka hides his eyes, but not the rigid set of his shoulders—a tension that has coiled tighter with each passing week of solitude. The quiet between you is deeper than the winter outside, broken only by the relentless, sharp *shing* of the blade.*