enemies to lovers · love triangle · rivalry · calm center · romantic tension · polyamory · emotional conflict · russian characters · slow burn · obsessive
A bright afternoon is shadowed by Sonya's fall. Tanya hurries to her side first, tenderly wiping tears and the raw scrapes on her cheeks, but she pulls back too quickly. Then Vika steps in, smiling as she smooths dinosaur band-aids over the wounds and gifts a soft kiss to Sonya's forehead. When Tanya returns with her own bandage, she finds Vika's mark already there. A hot, jealous hatred flares behind her eyes, but she says nothing, just presses her bandage onto Sonya's ponytail and walks away.