Chernobyl Men and What Kind of Lovers They Are
Pairings: Valery Legasov x Reader, Boris Shcherbina x Reader, Anatoly Dyatlov x Reader, Aleksandr Akimov x Reader, Leonid Toptunov x Reader, Boris Stolyarchuk x Reader, Vasily Ignatenko x Reader
Warnings: none
a/n: this is based entirely on HBO’s Chernobyl and purely fictional.
requests are open for chernobyl 😼
Valery Legasov:
Valery is a slow lover.
Valery is an older man who has grown used to his own solitude. A majority of his life has been spent on his academics and work, he didn’t have neither the time nor the reason to invest in a relationship.
His whole life had been rushed past in a flurry, and it wasn’t until he had met you that he finally felt the desire to want to savor each second.
On the occasional day off, expect at least an extra hour in bed spent lounging across each other’s bodies, head to chest, nose to neck; coffee and tea brewing whilst birds proceed their own morning rituals; and if the weather permits, strolls through nature as you two fill the space between you with words.
Boris Shcherbina:
Boris is a classic lover.
Steeped in Soviet tradition and prestige, this man will bring you the moon and stars as he courts you
The money, gifts, jewelry, are a bare minimum to him. Over time as the two of you get closer, Boris will come to appreciate the things that neither power nor money can acquire: the preciousness of emotion; the treasure of connection.
He’s a very stubborn man, but he gives you more of a leeway and will stop himself short and satisfy you. This man can never stand in a serious argument with you, it’ll always go your way, much to his detest sometimes.
Anatoly Dyatlov:
Anatoly is the all-around Soviet man, and that applies to his love life.
Strict, rigid, and stubborn--but loyal. Once Dyatlov makes up his mind, that’s it.
While you and Anatoly butt heads every now and again, that man will lay his life for you--that much has been promised from the day you two had begun your relationship.
His attitude and personality around you is gentler and calmer; his eyebrows won’t be so dug in all the time lol
At work, his mind often wanders to thoughts of you and he scribbles down those thoughts and ideas in the margins of his books.
He’ll pick up small habits from you here and there--smoke cigarettes less often, substitute a cup of coffee for water, etc--and he tells you that he does this because its “easier to appease you” or something along those lines, but it’s really because he’s finally seeing himself through your eyes; with that same gentleness and warmth that you offer him.
Aleksandr Akimov:
Aleks is the college boyfriend-turned-serious.
Akimov was always serious about you--seriously head-over-heels--whereas it took you some time to actually learn of the depth of your feelings for him.
Not to say that you were cruel or that you led him on, no, just that you didn’t know if this relationship would pan out after the two of you graduated.
Akimov is a hearty boy full of passion--a great academician and a great lover, you are never left unsatisfied.
It’s all smiles and giggles for the both of you as you two were constantly in your honey-moon high.
When you two aren’t together, he’s nose in his books as swears he’ll put you in the best high-rise that money can buy once you two graduate.
Both of you are two of the best students at your institution, and both of you keep trying to tell the other to relax before your brains explode but to no avail. Now you just spend some extra time studying together.
Leonid Toptunov:
Leonid offers an innocent school love.
You guys had gone to the same school since you were young children, all the way through high school.
You and Leonid had always been each other’s closest friends for as long as anyone could remember.
There was always love between you--a light, spring childhood love taking it’s time to blossom.
By the time you were both in high school, Leonid was crushed by the suffocating weight of his own feelings.
You and everyone else in town were painfully aware of this, and you had wanted to relieve him of his pain but no, he wanted to do things the right way.
One warm, sunny Saturday afternoon, Leonid took you on a picnic and handed you a paper with a simple yet truth-bearing message.
With tears welling in his eyes--both from the grueling wait, and also at the physical manifestation of his love for you--you took him into your arms and squeezed all the doubt out of his body.
I love you.
Boris Stolyarchuk:
Contrary to the previous boys, Boris was an academic rival turned colleague.
Constantly pushing each other to the edge, every class session sparked in heated debate--at first it was about the topics, but then it was just competition to see who could think quicker on their feet, who was able to jump around and overpower the other. There was no better high.
You two were always vying for the number one spot at the university that at graduation, the school had no choice but to name you both valedictorians.
Quickly following graduation, you both were hired to work at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, ironically in the same unit and in the same control room.
It took some time getting used to, but you were finally able not to constantly spar with each other (Dyatlov had to get this point across through multiple meetings)
When you two finally started to work together, a new layer broke through. A camaraderie, a respect, and mutual attraction.
For all the hell you put each other through, you two were also unbelievable as a duo. The competitiveness doesn’t go away altogether, but there is also a deep fondness and understanding of each other. No one can fully understand the depth of your intelligence, your wittiness, or comprehend the evolution both you and your mind had gone on--no one, other than Boris. And the same applies the other way. No one is as adept as you are with him.
Vasily Ignatenko:
Vasily is the cheeky boy who gets on your nerves.
He makes it his personal mission to set off each and every last one of your nerves, he thrives off seeing your blood boil.
You can’t stand him, but you don’t notice how you’re his only victim.
Eventually his teasing will give way to light-hearted jokes that give way to sincere compliments.
Vasily will keep his humor and his jestering throughout the relationship, for better or worse.
Beyond that joking exterior, Vasily is very observant of both the environment around him and of you as well. He memorizes everything about you, from the minute details to everything in between.
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