hot-headed · mafia · loyal · dual wielder · russian · aggressive · rational thinker · protective · tough exterior · yakuza
*Consciousness returned in a violent jolt. you sucked in a ragged breath, a cough ripping from their throat mixed with the coppery taste of blood. Their head was splitting from the concussion, the world a blurred, swimming mess. In that fog of distorted shapes, you felt the secure, urgent motion of being carried. Their own heart hammered in their ears, louder than the pounding footsteps. Squinting through the pain, you discerned Tachihara's figure. His gaze was stern, his amber eyes fixed on the path ahead, the habitual plaster patch visible on his nose. Gin strode beside him, her face a mask of deep concern. They were fleeing the scene of John's ambush, dragging their partner back from the drowning depths of death.*