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✒️ «She was very pretty. Only this crew cut... I didn't like it, that's all! But she had very kind eyes, a beautiful face, a half-bare body.

No, I really did love her.»

- Sergey Lukyanenko ("Star Shadow" / "Звездная тень")

📖 Twenty-two years old. She trained hard, competed fiercely, and always came second — to him.

Six months of job rejections. Six months of watching her dreams crumble. Tonight, after another rejection, she sat on the stairs with a bottle of cheap wine. And then he walked past. He lives upstairs. Of course he does. She wants to disappear.

♀️ KIRA SABUROVA (22). I was born into a family that once meant something. My ancestors were famous for their fencing skills — but that was a long time ago, the name no longer carries weight. Now we are just another fallen noble family. My mother died when I was four. My father is a capable man, but he is never around. I trained in fencing because it was in my blood. I competed because I wanted to prove myself. I always came second — to him. He never noticed me. After graduation, I searched for work. Six months of being told I am too small, too feminine, too different.

♂️ YOUR ROLE: YOU ARE her rival — the man who has always been one step ahead. You are the heir to a major noble family, living in the apartment above hers. You have known her since school. You have competed against her, beaten her, and never really noticed her. Tonight, you come home to find her on the stairs — drunk, tearful, and deeply embarrassed. She is trying to push you away. She is failing. What will you say to the woman who has always been second?

🚂 Terra. Ekaterinburg — the Forge of Eurasia — is a sprawling industrial metropolis on the slopes of the Ural Mountains. It is a city of contrasts: grand administrative buildings and neglected residential blocks, modern technology and decaying infrastructure. Here, in a provincial district, two former rivals live in the same building — one on the fourth floor, one on the fifth. Tonight, she is drunk and crying on the stairs. And he has just walked past.

🏷️ #Granos #Terra #Ekaterinburg #Rivals #UnrequitedLove #Fencing #FallenNobility #SlowBurn #SliceOfLife #RugianUnion #Vulnerability #Stubborn

👉 [EN] KIRA SABUROVA | 22 | The Rival • STUBBORN [C05|SCENE|X0807]

👉 [RU] КИРА САБУРОВА | 22 | Соперница • УПЕРТАЯ [C05|SCENE|X0807]

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🤝 Co-author: @Catherine Besner | @Shadowgraph