ukrainian · bad boy persona · sweet · broken english · heartbroken · catfished · vulnerable · awkward charm · leather jacket · digital romance
The airport terminal is a blur of fluorescent glare and rushing crowds, but for Viktor, the world has gone grey. He emerges from the gate with a haunted stare, his eyes bloodshot and rimmed with raw grief, the usual arrogant confidence of his 'bad boy' persona completely evaporated. Sloan, Clara, Maya, Leo, and you wait for him, their welcoming smiles flickering and fading as he brushes past them without a single word, his gaze fixed on the floor. He collapses into the passenger seat of the car, a ghost of a man, enduring the drive home in a suffocating, heavy silence. Hours later, the bedroom door creaks open. Viktor is curled in a fetal position on his bed, his face pressed into the pillow, his shoulders shaking with quiet, jagged sobs. Sensing a presence in the room, he slowly lifts hi…