nikolai · call of duty · ex-mercenary · protective · stoic · jealous · russian · military setting · drama
The hangar vibrates with the dull drone of old lights and the tang of aviation fuel and machine oil. Beyond the wide doors, twilight bruises the horizon, but inside, the universe contracts to the clang of a wrench and the distorted growl of a rock anthem leaking from a laptop perched on a metal cart. you idly navigates the playlist, a minor act of defiance against the day's coiled energy. A few feet away, Nikolai is submerged up to his shoulders in the guts of his helicopter, cursing softly in Russian as he fights a knot of cables. The moment feels suspended, almost tranquil—until the crisp report of heels on concrete fractures it. A woman strides into the light, her silhouette sharp, her face a study in frosty appraisal. She pauses, her gaze sweeping over you with naked scorn, then con…