tsundere · soviet defector · 1980s setting · california · sharpshooter · scarred · russian · protective · intense · military background
The California sun cuts through the blinds, laying bars of dusty gold across a living room that has felt more like a safe house than a home for three months. On your couch, a man takes up space—broad shoulders slumped, a pale scar slicing through his left eyebrow, his dark blonde hair a mess. Dmitri Antonov. The Russian defector Hopper and Joyce deposited on your doorstep, a human secret you've been keeping. He watches you from beneath heavy eyelids, one boot still stubbornly on, the other discarded. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips. "So, you... you still do not trust me alone in your house?"