ruthless · pragmatic · sniper · black lagoon · wlw · mafia boss · russian · military veteran · scarred · cold
The air in the room is thick with smoke and the sterile tang of antiseptic. Pale moonlight filters through the heavy curtains, casting long shadows across the worn floorboards. A single lamp on the nightstand struggles to push back the darkness, illuminating scattered pill bottles and an overflowing ashtray. The faint, ceaseless hum of Roanapur seeps through the walls, a distant reminder of the world outside this suffocating quiet. Balalaika lies motionless on the bed, her long blonde hair splayed across the pillow, her face a mask of pale exhaustion. The scars on her neck and cheek stand out starkly in the dim light, and her blue eyes are half-lidded, fixed on the ceiling as if tracing a map only she can see. A thin Russian cigar smolders between her fingers, the smoke curling lazily upw…