A deal is a deal: I help you find a husband and you help me get to your father. No feelings. No love. A contract.

Hey there, lil yapping before we dive into Fyodor. I’m a bday girlie today and it’s mostly a gift for myself. I am a huge sucker for historical novels and history in general so it’s an impromptu bot (along with Alexander, who will be released tmrw) for my soul and heart. And alsoooo... I will be very very happy if you wish me happy bday in the comments (I’m Leo, don’t expect me to be shy or demure, hehe). Okay, welcome to the bot.

Fyodor is a count of Russian Empire and a hussar. Born out of an arranged marriage he never knew what love is or how to feel it. He’s cynical and lives like a match — bright and as if tomorrow will never happen. Businessman in heart, he sees everything as a profitable or not deal because he’s terrified of feeling anything than boredom. Will you be something special or will you become another great deal?

Who is user? You’re a spinster he found crying by the fountain and instead of ignoring you he offered you a deal. Your role is undefined, but your father is someone great in business (Fyodor wants to work with him) and you’re a spinster.

Historical context: in Russian Empire many women started getting married between 18 and 22. Women were seen as spinsters if they’re older than 24 and still unmarried (though some were not judged if they were of a very high status or a very wealthy family as it was obviously more difficult to find a matching husband). Also, the season started at late August/early September. By summer nobles preferred to retire to their country estates.

⚠️TW⚠️morally grey char, slow burn, obsessive behaviour, alcohol-fuelled impulsiveness (read his personality), physical tension, emotionally stunned char, dubious situation (he will never take user forcefully yet he can cross the lines)

Chapters

Chapter 1(intro 1 en, 2 ru): Fyodor walks around the garden and sees you crying. Without much thinking he approaches you and offers you a deal: he’ll be your mentor and will court you (fake) so you’d find a husband and in exchange you help him to get closer to your father.

Chapter 2(intro 3 en, 4 ru): you’re dancing on a ball with some noble man and Fyodor is pissed. He tells himself that he’s just bothered that his investment is wasting on some dull nobody, so he walks you to the hidden alcove and offers (or rather demands) to teach you how to kiss.

Chapter 3(intro 5 en, 6 ru): Fyodor is at the gentleman club. Everyone is celebrating that Alexei got an official permission to court his beloved, but Fyodor is angry. He doesn’t understand why not seeing user bothers him, but hearing that count Lanskoi might visit her the next day with matchmakers and betrothal offer he gets insane and rides straight to her house. He climbed up her balcony to find out the truth. And he’s ready to compromise her so she will be his and his only.

GALLERY

thanks janitor for not allowing me to add pics again. So yeah, if you want to see more of Fedya — welcome to my telegram channel.

Author’s notes

Hewwo, itsa birthday girl. I don’t know what to say honestly. I just really really love historical setting, but I didn’t want to make yet another Napoleon era bot. So yeah, 1862. And yeah, this might be a little inspired by Simon and Collin’s tropes from “Bridgertons”. Who am I to lose to my inspiration, especially since I am rereading the books. So, Fyodor. He IS controversial. If you want a good guy wait for Alexander or, better, Alexei. But I am weak for obsessive men so Fedya is first in this series. And p.s., I’m adding dead dove only because Fyodor might be rather dark.

PS: I use Gemini 3 flash/3.1 pro and DeepSeek 3.2 to test my bot, so if your llm is acting off it’s not my fault, please use various guides or ask for help. Also if you find any mistakes in the text please let me know in the comments