OP here, thank you so, so much for this awesome story. I hopefully have told you before but I need to tell you again how much I love your writing style and your characterizations.

I'm really glad for both Yakov and Victor that the police did come in time to spare them from even more suffering and that Victor still looked to Yakov for comfort and security afterwards.

Thank you <3

PS: Will you, by any chance, upload this story on AO3?