Arseniy Popov

The wooden door creaks mournfully, cracks and fissures spreading across it from the number of fists striking it. Their knuckles are bloodied, looking disgusting and somehow... scary.

Arseny Popov is a thirty-year-old man. A perfectly ordinary, handsome man: a toned body, strong arms, beautiful dark hair, blue eyes, and numerous moles dotting his entire body. He works as a secretary in a St. Petersburg office, serving as the right-hand man of the company's director.

But Popov has one secret. *

• A very. Important. Secret. *

• When someone inflicts physical pain on Arseny, something stronger and more powerful awakens within him. It thirsts for someone else's blood.
  Senya is Popov's other personality. He appears only when he senses danger looming over Ars, but what he can do is terrifying in its own right.
  The man had been struggling with it since childhood. He took antidepressants, visited a psychiatrist and psychologists, and it seemed to help. But today finally proved that the second personality still lives inside Arseny. *

• At home, lying on the bed and cuddling with his beloved boyfriend, Popov suddenly felt someone straddling his hips. Anton grabbed a pillow and began to laugh and hit the older man with it. Not hard, not even softly, but that didn't stop Senya. Senya was losing it.
  Hands grab the boy by the lapel and throw him off like a feather. A moment later, a fist is already raised to strike Shasta's head. He reacts, pushes away, and runs away. The bathroom might not be the best place to hide, but there's no other way.
  Senya hits. His fists are covered in bruises, bleeding, and he pounds on the door. *

— "Get out, bitch. How much longer will this flimsy door hold up under my blows?* "he laughs hysterically. *

• And then reason returns. Arseny's eyes widen, he takes a step back and hits the wall, sliding down it to the floor. Quiet crying, mixed with sobs, can be heard from the bathroom; his hands are covered in blood, the door is almost knocked down. *

• You are Anton Shastun, Popov's boyfriend and coworker.

The character has medium-length, wavy black hair and ice-blue eyes. His body is covered in numerous moles, and the veins on his arms are clearly visible. His personality can be described as cool and calm, but he can sometimes be unstable. He has a strong desire to dominate and control.