⌠ MATTHEW DADDARIO, 28, CISMALE, HE/HIM ⌡ welcome back to gallagher academy, DIMITRI ORLOV! according to their records, they’re a FOURTH year, specializing in COVERT OPERATIONS (CP); and they DID NOT go to a spy prep high school. when i see them walking around in the halls, i usually see a flash of (bruised knuckles, artfully tossled hair, worn out combat boots, journals filled front to back with art). when it’s the (leo)’s birthday on 8/14/1991, they always request their BORSCHT from the school’s chefs. looks like they’re well on their way to graduation.
about dimitri
Full Name: Dimitri Matthew Orlov
Age: 28
Birthday: August 14, 1991
Zodiac: Leo
MBTI: ENTJ
Gender: Cismale
Sexuality: Bisexual
Birthplace: St. Petersburg Russia
bio
Dimitri Orlov was born to his father, Aleksander, and a civilian mother. He never learned his mother’s name, and he never cared to find out. His father had explained that it was best he didn’t know, and while he had never met the woman who gave birth to him, Dimitri had found himself caring enough for her that he didn’t want to put her at risk knowing who she was.
His father is one of Russia’s most infamous assassins. He works outside of the KGB, for private companies and people who need their business handled outside of the government. That doesn’t mean that Aleksander didn’t work with agents of the government - he did, but he liked to work alone.
While Aleksander tried to keep him out of the life for as long as he could, Dimitri found himself interested in his father’s career, and he could work with him in ways that his colleagues couldn’t. As he got older, he worked alongside his father. Everything that he had learned before coming to Gallagher was through his dad and the experiences he had with him.
At first, he worked in Russia, but they extended their work to other countries when they found they could get better business elsewhere.
While his father is still alive and working alone, Dimitri has been working by himself since he turned 21. He found that his view of the spy world had started to differ from his father’s, and while he loves the man who raised him, he knew that it was better to step away.
It was after a few years of working alone that he got a letter from Gallagher. He didn’t accept the offer right away, not truly feeling as though he would fit in to the regulated and rule-driven world of the Academy.
It took some convincing from himself to tell him that he needed a change, and the school for spies was just the change he needed.
He still keeps in contact with his father regularly, knowing that his connections with him and the ones that he has made through him will come in handy at some point in the future.
personality
Dimitri is quite charming, something he learned to be out in the field. That being said, he isn’t bold in his attempts at making friends or taking lovers. He’s much more for subtly.
You will find that it is easy to get to know Dimitri if he feels that he can trust you. However, he doesn’t trust too many people right off the bat. He has been betrayed too many times for that.
He is sarcastic and likes to joke around.
Dimitri finds himself to be quite truthful; sometimes, he finds that this gets him into trouble because he doesn’t know when it is better to lie than to tell the truth about what he is thinking or feeling. The only time he’s ever good about this is when he is on a mission.
He gets jealous rather quickly. Growing up, his father told him that this would be his one vice. He hasn’t been proven wrong yet.
misc
The way that Dimitri learned to vent and get through the horrors he has seen working alone and with his father is through art. He likes to draw - he works with pencils, pens, charcoal, the like. Most of his artwork is kept in journals. He has many of them.
He speaks multiple languages, but his first language was Russian. The others are English, French, Italian and Mandarin.
One of his favorite ways to release tension is to box.
He’s a big fan of classic rock. It’s usually what he is listening to if he has headphones on.
He doesn’t know it, but he has a half-sibling somewhere in the world. The result of a one-night stand by his father and one of his many subjects of his missions.
possible connections
Best friend(s)
Friends made through being out in the field, or through his father
New friends
Frenemies
Roommates (whether they get along or not can be discussed :) )
THAT’S A LOADED QUESTION, and bash rubs the back of his neck for a moment. “ i’m not sure if lou told you anything about, uh, what was written in the burn book for me, ” knowing lou she probably did, “ but… when i had come to you about my parent’s death, it’s because i was in witness protection. here. i couldn’t get out of it until they figured out whether their deaths had to do with us, and if we were in danger, which is why i was looking into it. but apparently they had been killed by caledonia, and now with it gone… we’re free to go now. and as much as i like it here, it’s just… not for me. ” that’s probably the easiest way to put it. “ you’re both welcome any time. ”
dimitri listened to him quietly, staring off at the crowds of people that were laughing, dancing, hanging out around them. one of his hands settled into the pocket of his slacks, the other holding his drink, which he took a sip out of. “while i would disagree,” he started, smiling at the other gently. “i support your decision. and i am glad that you’re safe now.” he nodded his head once. “i’m sure she’ll be eager to get a tan,” he teased. “if she doesn’t burn before that.”
Alec chuckled a little under his breath at his friend’s question. “I do question it sometimes,” he replied. Sometimes it was just hard for him to separate the tiny baby with tubes sticking out of her with the capable young woman his sister was now. “Does Rowan count?” he asked, even though he knew it didn’t.
dimitri couldn’t help but laugh softly under his breath, nodding his head. not in understanding, he didn’t have any siblings that he knew of, but in agreement. “i don’t think she’d count in lou’s eyes,” he noted, shaking his head once. “but if it makes you feel better, i think she counts.”
“Yeah you’re right. I hope she gets some sexy Bond-type as a partner,” she lightly chuckled under her breath. Lou took a moment to watch her friend and to enjoy the steady movement of his fingers circling her hip before she shook herself out of the sad mood that she was falling into. Like she had just said to him, this was a party and that meant celebrating. “Let’s dance!” she insisted with a bright smile. “And it’s my graduation so you can’t say no.”
dimitri snorted lightly. “is that what you wish you landed?” he teased, because they both know that that wasn’t exactly her type. he pulled his hand back and took hers into his own, rolling his eyes in good-nature. “you say that as if i had any choice in the matter to begin with,” he pointed out, moving toward the dance floor. “i have found that i lack the ability to tell you no.”
“pretty good, actually. dimitri, right?” drew greeted as he shook hands with the other before he nods; the thought of walking across the stage sooner than he thought not quite hitting him just yet if he was being honest. “yeah, i am. it’s..crazy to think about.” he paused, though a note from a mentor gets him back in the conversation quickly enough. “yeah, a few companies i’m thinking of. but i’m most likely gonna visit my family before i start taking on anything.”
he nodded his head. taking his hand back, he pushed his hands into the pocket of his slacks, looking between drew and the crowd around them. “it is an adjustment, leaving school and going back to the real world,” he tells him honestly, because why lie? “but family will definitely help. where do they live?” he asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.
“ YEAH, I FIND IT HARD TO BLAME PRESIDENT SUTTON, ” he admits, though bash may be biased. “ it’s just been… a string of misfortune that got a lot worse before it got better. ” kind of like last year, but he’s not going to point that out. “ i’m not actually coming back next year, so… i’m a little happy to say that, ” bash smiles slightly, despite it being bittersweet. “ i think i’ll feel the same. i’m going back to arizona. so if you’re ever in the area, look me up. ”
dimitri nodded his head in understanding. he had long since discovered that it was never one gear, but a number of cogs that made up the inner workings of any operation. "is there a particular reason?” he asked. there was no judgement in dimitri’s tone. the last time they’d really spoken besides a number of texts was after the last time he’d seen his father. “i’m sure lou would love to visit, since it’s warm,” he laughed. “i think i can make a trip or two.”
“Dimitri!” He said cheerfully. “I almost said that I’m surprised to see you here but your girlfriend still goes to school here.” Well, not anymore because Lou was graduating the next day. “I’ve been great. Work has been tiresome but that’s to be expected. How are you?” Emmett asked before pointing off into the crowd. “Yeah she is, she’s over there talking to her cousin.”
“yes, and graduating,” he pointed out. he needed to be the supportive boyfriend, after all! dimitri nodded his head in understanding. cora had been working him rather hard recently. “i was in london two days ago. i am still experiencing some jet lag,” he confessed. he turned his head to clock vida’s whereabouts and nodded once more. “how are you two?” he asked.
Alec’s gaze followed Dimitri’s to look out at his sister on the dance floor, having fun with one of her friends. It made him happy to see her happy and thriving at the school, even if he did worry about her safety. “Yeah she does, despite everything. She’s got a way of…seeing the positive in everything.”
dimitri smirked, looking over at his best friend with a knowing expression on his face. “are you sure that you’re related?” he teased. alec wasn’t necessarily a negative person, but in dimitri’s eyes, he was definitely more of a realist. “lou is going to want to know if you’ve danced with anyone,” he started. “make up a name so i can appease her.”
“Do I need to remind you that this is a party Comrade?” Lou purred as she leaned into his embrace. Her brain was filled with a complicated mix of emotions: a buzz from the champagne, happiness over her boyfriend being back with her, and sadness since she knew that the past four years were coming to an end. “I think so,” she answered with a small sigh as she gazed out at her best friend. “I can’t believe she’s going to London.”
“as if you would ever let me forget it,” he shot back, but his words were more amused than venomous. he was just teasing her. they both looking out toward rowan for a long moment, but dimitri found his gaze moving back to his girl. “i go to london at least once a month,” he reminded her. “she will be fine. and you can always come with me.”
he wonders how many alumni actually know about his mission, but with alec’s sister here and dimitri’s girlfriend, he’s not too surprised it got to them. “i’m feeling like i need to practice more sparring than anything else,” he admits with a laugh. “that way the next one i don’t get a fractured rib.”
dimitr gave the other a small yet amused smile. “i’ve found that practice doesn’t always make perfect,” he agreed, nodding his head in understanding. “are you healing well?” he asked, looking at the other expectantly. “i know rib fractures are quite a hassle to heal from.” he had experience with them himself.
“ JUST WONDERING WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE to hear about everything from an outside perspective, ” he tells him, though bash is still wondering just how much dimitri knows about all of it : the burn book, the double agents, the fact that apparently there were secret societies ? it’s been a wild year. “ true. did you miss it ? ”
“i feel bad for all of you,” he admitted, shaking his head once. “i don’t understand how the president allowed it to get to the level that it did, but i also know that it was not all her fault.” he also felt lucky that he hadn’t been here when it happened. there was things in his past that he had done that he didn’t want the public to know about. “i do not miss gallagher, but the company i kept,” he told the other. “how are you doing?”
“ SO HOW MUCH HAS LOU KEPT YOU UPDATED with all that happened this year ? ” bash asks, taking a sip of the drink in his hand. “ is it weird to be back here, after graduating ? ” @dimitriorlov
“we talk almost every day,” he confessed, laughing softly as he watched the woman in question laugh with her friends from across the room. he looked down at bash, raising an eyebrow. “why?” maybe the other wanted to know if he had heard what had went down, or if he had news of his own. “a little. but i always knew i’d be back to watch lou graduate,” he pointed out.
“Feels a little weird to be back doesn’t it?” Alec contemplated, half to himself and half to Dimitri, who stood beside him. It was a miracle that he had gotten his best friend to leave Lou’s side for even a second but he had Rowan to thank for that. “Every thing seems so different now.”
@dimitriorlov
“yeah,” he said, nodding his head in understanding while he brought his drink up to his mouth and took a sip. he licked his lips and turned to alec, raising an eyebrow. “i suppose things have changed,” he agreed. “does your sister like it here?” he asked, finding mandy in the crowd and watching her for a long moment before turning back to his best friend. “the last year has been rough for the students, or so i’m told.”
“some things never change, right?” he asked, chuckling softly as he moved to wrap his arm around lou’s waist, his hand hovering dangerously close to her ass. he hasn’t been able to touch her in months, sue him! he pointed a finger toward rowan with the same hand he was using to hold his drink. “she steals you away to drink,” he explained. he looked down at his girlfriend. “is she ready to work with cora?” // @eloisexcabot
“lou told me you went on a mission recently,” dimitri started, coming up from behind rafael with a drink in hand. his free hand was pushed into the pocket of his trousers. looking over at rafa, he raised an eyebrow expectantly. “how did that go?” he asked, a knowing smile on his features. “how are you feeling?” // @gldensvns
“there he is,” dimitri said, laughing softly as he moved to place a hand on emmett’s shoulder as a way of greeting. he clapped him there once before pulling his hand back, switching the drink in his opposite hand to the one in question. “how have you been?” he asked, gesturing to him. his eyes moved around the room. “is vida here?” // @emmettblack
