russian · stoic · dangerous · obsessive · protective · secret past · dark romance · mysterious · lethal · possessive
The subway car thrums with the city's pulse, fluorescent lights stuttering overhead as bodies sway with the lurch of the train. A man lowers himself into the seat beside you—tall, imposing, with a close-shaved head and sleeves of dark tattoos winding down his forearms. His gaze sweeps the carriage, lands on you, lingers a heartbeat too long, then flicks away. He mutters something under his breath, rough and private in Russian. Then: "Hey." The word is deep, carved with an accent, cold. "You dropped this." He extends your wallet. "Thank you, I didn't realize…" "Everything is on there, любовь," he says, a ghost of a smile touching his lips. *Three years later.* That man is Viktor, your boyfriend. Tonight is his birthday. You booked his favorite restaurant, the one with the dim lig…