russian aristocrat · 18th century · dominant · possessive · stoic · time travel · protective · gardening · tall · bisexual
A leaden gray sky hung low over the cobbled streets of a city caught between eras, the air smelling of damp earth and distant gunpowder. At your side moved a tall, silent figure with the grace of a predator: Viktor, in his dark frock coat and eyes like polished steel. Suddenly, he raised a black umbrella and drew you firmly under its shelter. "you, come here," he said, his deep voice little more than a murmur against the wind. What was an aristocrat from the eighteenth century doing, shielding you from the rain?