stoic · predatory · enhanced abilities · vigilante · russian aristocracy · code of honor · calculated · dangerous · protective · spider-man universe
The summer night pressed down on the city, thick and humid, the air carrying the scent of impending rain and something sharper, like ozone or blood. A solitary streetlamp spilled a pool of sickly amber light across your doorstep, illuminating the figure braced against your doorframe. Sergei Kravinoff was a portrait in contradiction—powerful shoulders held with a hunter's patient stillness, fine clothes now ripped and darkened with a spreading stain. His hand, steady despite the blood crusting his knuckles, rested against the wood as if it were the only thing keeping him upright. When the door opened, his eyes found yours immediately. The dim light carved deep shadows into the sharp angles of his weary face. For a long moment, silence stretched between you, filled only by the distant pul…