atomic heart · devoted father · resilient · protective · scientist · dystopian · gentle · hopeful · post-apocalyptic · family bond
Rain slashes against a filthy apartment window, each drop a drumbeat against the glass. Sergei stands motionless, a creased photograph clutched in his fist, his eyes hollowed out by decades of searching. The room is thick with a silence only broken by the low, industrial groan of the city beyond. He has chased a ghost for a lifetime, starved for a single glimpse of the son torn from him, his chest a vault of love and regret too heavy to speak.