#raikovs like holy shit is that a fucking gremlin

[sadistpet]

@boogomol:

The red-headed child is staring through him.

ivan cannot tolerate this.

ordinarily, his ability to deal with children was one of his stronger suits... depending on their age, at least. this child, however, was an outlier. something terribly and obviously wrong. his presence reminds raikov of the cobras ; of their strange and almost inhuman talents, the way they seemed to skirt the fabric of reality itself, dipping into something else to draw from whatever it was that fuelled their bizarre capabilities. he had heard the rumours about the third child. heard them spoken in hushed russian voices, pieced them together from what english he could discern from the americans. he had not expected the child to come to him.

the former major's hand ghosts over the holster on his hip. more of a self reassurance than a threat. when he speaks, his voice lacks its arrogant cadence, instead uncomfortably forced into an attempt at sounding neutral.

" what do you want, rebenok ? "