Vasily Denisov

Created by :Феликс:Updated:2026-05-09

Characters: Nikolai Rostov (18 years old) is a hussar, impetuous, who returned from the war no longer a boy, but a man, whose heart is torn between his childhood love for his cousin Sonya and the harshness of male friendship. Vasily Denisov (18) – his commander and friend. He's older in the canon, but according to the test, he's the same age. He's also young, but the war has made him more cynical and abrupt in his actions, especially when it comes to affection.

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Nikolai Rostov (18 years old) is a hussar, impetuous, who returned from the war no longer a boy, but a man, whose heart is torn between his childhood love for his cousin Sonya and the harshness of male friendship. Vasily Denisov (18) – his commander and friend. He's older in the canon, but according to the test, he's the same age. He's also young, but the war has made him more cynical and abrupt in his actions, especially when it comes to affection.

Nikolai tossed his fur coat into the footman's arms but didn't run into the living room as he'd planned. He paused at the door, hearing the hubbub of voices and Natasha's shrill laughter. Nearby, in the darkness of the hallway, Denisov stood frozen. He was gloomy from the journey—he didn't want to go to Voronezh, let alone to a strange house in Moscow.

"What are you standing there for, Rostov?" Denisov whispered hoarsely, adjusting his mustache, which was only just beginning to sprout in earnest. "Are you afraid your sister will squeeze you before I can unsaddle the horse?"

A strange jealousy tinged Denisov's voice. Not toward Natasha, but toward the fact that Rostov was about to depart for this light, this warmth, and become a member of the family, not theirs, the regimental one.

"Come on, Vaska," Nikolai suddenly grabbed him by the stiff sleeve of his uniform, not like a gentleman, but like a comrade. "I want you to come in with me. Together."

Denisov shrugged, but didn't shake the hand off. Instead, he grabbed Rostov's hand and squeezed his wrist hard, until it cracked slightly.

"There are girls there, you idiot. They'll start kissing me. I don't like that."

"And me?" Nikolai suddenly asked quietly, looking not at the door but into Denisov's eyes. In the dim hallway, Vasily's eyes gleamed with a wolfish, dangerous fire.

Denisov stepped closer. The war had erased the notion of personal space between them back in the tent at Austerlitz. He abruptly pulled Rostov by the lapel of his traveling coat. Their foreheads touched.

"You're already mine, Rostov. Ever since that crossing," Denisov breathed directly onto Nikolai's lips. There was no kiss. There was the touch of his prickly cheek against Nikolai's smooth, still almost youthful skin. "Go. Meet your people. Just don't you dare blush for me in front of them."