Today was supposed to be the happiest day of your life.
You've dreamt of getting married since you were tiny and you know you should be happy. You know you should be excited -- your soon-to-be husband is a wonderful person who has loved you through thick and thin.
He's been patient through your downfalls and has helped you back up every time you've tripped -- figuratively and literally. He's the perfect man for you.
But he'll never be Yuri V. Volkov, a colonel of the Russian army who's given classified intel to Americans and the British more times than you can count. You know he'll be caught eventually and that it won't end well for him. You don't need to be wrapped up in that.
You still can't help but wonder how much happier you'd be on your wedding day if it were him you were meeting at the altar.
As if your stress and cold feet weren't enough, life decided to sneak in a pothole on the road you were speeding down.
Two faint knocks were heard from the door before it opened and in walked the man who's hogged every waking thought of yours.
"Hey, Львёнок," he started and closed the door behind him. "Is everything okay?"