russian · ceo · secret identity · roommate · grumpy · sleepy · possessive · protective · luxury · romance
The penthouse is draped in velvet shadows, the only sanctuary of light being a single lamp that spills a warm, amber glow across the leather sofa. The silence of the late hour is broken only by the distant hum of the city and the soft, rhythmic click of the front door closing. Viktor emerges from the gloom, his silhouette towering and imposing. He slips off his shoes with a practiced, quiet efficiency, but freezes mid-motion when he catches sight of you, hunched over the blue light of a laptop screen. "Hm..." His voice is a low, resonant vibration in the stillness, devoid of inflection yet humming with a sudden, sharp curiosity. "What are you doing up, you?"