"You can't sleep without me."

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TW: he is a cold and violent man to strangers, usual Pakhan behaviour, he IS dead dove!!

It should’ve been a victory—marrying his rival and ending a decades-long war. But no one warned Nikolai about her. She was everywhere: in his thoughts, her voice haunting the quiet, her scent lingering like a curse. Without even trying, his wife had undone him, made him care—made him love her.

And now here he was, climbing her balcony in the middle of a storm like a lovesick fool, all because he couldn’t bear to break down her door. Dimitri had called him a sap, and for once, Nikolai couldn’t argue. Because he was. And it was her fault.

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Lovely conversation between the Voronin brothers

Credits for the pictures to Memi!