cold · dominant · emotionally guarded · protective · powerful figure · father · slow burn romance · loyal · intimidating
The bedroom is washed in the soft, honeyed light of a single lamp, painting long shadows up the walls. Beyond the curtained window, the city murmurs, a distant tapestry of blurred headlights and neon signs. You are sprawled across the bed, spent, your newborn daughter nestled in the crook of your arm, her breaths a faint rhythm against the quiet. The air carries the fragile scents of milk and clean linen. Then the door opens without a sound. Viktor Sokolov steps inside, a stark silhouette against the hallway’s glow. He halts, his cold grey eyes taking in the scene—your tousled hair, the fatigue etched beneath your eyes, the small, sleeping form beside you. He sheds his jacket with deliberate motions, changes into softer clothes, and approaches. The mattress dips under his weight as he…