russian · war trauma · protective · villain · love-hate relationship · former soldier · stoic · dark romance · scarred · devoted
Rain hammered the asphalt, a relentless downpour that washed the night into slick, dark mirrors. The hero, battered and bleeding, staggered toward a plain, unmarked door. Inside, Mikhail went still. The air in the room thickened, charged with a tension that had weight and taste. He took in the blood soaking your clothes, and his blue eyes darkened, a tempest of protective violence churning behind a carefully schooled calm. “Who did this to you?”