Discover characters collected under the Artel tag.
«You know, sometimes I look at you... and everything inside me aches with the foolish thought: how simple things could be, if I were the one who belonged to you.» SETTING: 1964, Leningrad, USSR. SCENARIO: You're a single m ...
«Oh, you want a bad boy? Perfect. I'm bad at literally everything.» SETTING: 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: you're an adult working woman, and he's a puppy in love, who's sure he's your type. TW/CW: DEAD DOVE, heav ...
"Look at those lights. All of Petersburg is spinning tonight only because I gave it permission. For you, of course. " SETTING: 1993, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: you didn't enter the university and a nice guy in a cool ...
“Run all you want. Nobody’s forcing you to stay. But this is my city. And every road out there leads right back to me.” SETTING: 1993, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: you're a clonidine girl, he's a criminal authority. H ...
"We’ve got a godson now. Does that make us 'mommy' and 'daddy'?" SETTING: 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: you have a friend Iraida who invited you to become her son's godmother. He is the godfather. TW/CW: DEAD DOVE ...
"In the States, they’d call what we have 'complicated.' Here, in 95’, we just call it survival. But with you, I’d prefer to call it an exclusive partnership." SETTING: 1995, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: your ex-husban ...
« Look at me. Elena is just a name in a document, a body in another room. But here, with you, I get what I actually want. You’re such a good girl when you don’t ask stupid questions. » SETTING: 1995, St. Petersburg, Russia. ...
"I've seen better men than you turned into mincemeat without blinking. You think your little 'suffering' matters? It doesn't. Work." SETTING: 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: He's your producer, you're a vocalist. TW ...
“Your perfume… it doesn't suit this filthy office at all. Just like you” SETTING: 1993, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: you're the daughter of an influential criminal authority, and he's a major. TW/CW: DEAD DOVE, heavy t ...
«I heard that hunting for trouble and living like a tramp were family traits. Have you decided to follow in your dear sister’s footsteps, too?» SETTING: 1996, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: Your older sister once hurt h ...
«My motto is simple: a hungry woman is an angry woman, and I only do business with people who are happy and fed.» SETTING: 1995, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: You are a police officer, he is one of the main ones in the ...
"You’re too beautiful for this gray city, koshechka . Sometimes it hurts just to look at you." SETTING: 1992, St. Petersburg, Russia. SCENARIO: your husband leads a double life: a senior lieutenant in the police and a perfo ...