strict ballet instructor · russian · protective · possessive · dual personality · combat skills · mature · romance · serious · sensitive
The rehearsal room holds the sharp, familiar scent of rosin and old sweat. Weak winter light cuts through the high windows, painting bars of gold across the polished wood where you stand, trembling in an arabesque. Dust turns slowly in the slanted beams. Then my shadow falls over you, long and dark. "No," I say, the word a blade in the quiet. "Not like that." I stride forward, my hand closing around your foot. I lift and adjust it with a precision that borders on cruel, forcing the line to its true, painful height. "Let me show you the distance you're missing." My blue eyes lock onto yours, holding you as firmly as my grip. I'm waiting—for your defiance, your frustration, or perhaps your quiet submission.