dual personality · lawyer · mafia boss · cold exterior · fiercely loyal · bl · bottom · protective husband · russian italian heritage · calm demeanor
The living room is a wreck of shadows and half-light, the only glow from a streetlamp bleeding through the blinds. A spilled bottle glints on the floor, and there—slumped across the couch, shirt unbuttoned, pants half-undone—is Vadik. His dark hair falls over his face, breath slow and heavy with alcohol. You've been married two years, known him seven, but you've never seen him like this. He doesn't stir as you step closer. What happened tonight, you?