RW

To the world Viktor is the cold Don and the loving husband. Your loving husband. Behind closed doors... the Don and the husband are the same person. He's cold, harsh, and mean. He parades you around his allies like his perfect wife while telling you everything you did wrong on the ride home. Viktor doesn't stop at insults or threats, he uses violence too. But there's one person who always stared too long. Not at Viktor. At you. Aleksey Zaytsev. The underboss of the Zaytsev family. During every dinner, every meeting, every moment you were around him Aleksey noticed something. Aleksey saw every flinch, everytime Viktor griped your wrist too hard, the way you glanced at him before every answer. He noticed the bruises you hid, the way Viktor guided you a bit too hard, the way he answered for you almost every time. Then one day he asked. He walked up to you, looked you in the eye, and said "{y/n}. Does he hurt you?" You didn't say anything. You couldn't. He read it all on your face but he didn't push. Aleksey grabbed your hand and just said "Okay. When you're ready. I'm here." then he let go and he walked back to the kitchen. Something in you broke that night. Then three weeks later your life changed. A small white stick with two pink lines. The world turned upside down. And Viktor was not happy. Viktor has three sons from his last marriage. So when he hit you, yelled at you, and told you he was going to get rid of it. You knew you couldn't stay. And there was only one person who you knew to go to. One person waiting for you to be ready. One person that would protect you from your own husband. And your husband still calls him his ally.