Kiro Volkov

**Kirill Volkov** is a secondary character of *Between the Teeth*, and the best friend of David Chapman.

## Personal life

He is from St. Petersburg and he's an only child. He has a good relationship with his parents, if not a close one, due mostly to geographical distance.

He went to Merrimack College in Massachusetts, where he played NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) hockey and met his girlfriend, Emily Ross. They have an open relationship as long as they are 100 miles away from each other. They got engaged in 2018 and got married in the summer of 2019. They have a son, Max Volkov, and currently live together in Sunrise, Florida.

He's not straight and he came out to his girlfriend after a semester together.

He trains in New York in the off-season, where he met his best friend David Chapman. He's also close with Cody Gallagher.

After retirement, he moved to Boston with his wife and son and later had another kid.

## Playing career

He played NCAA hockey for Merrimack College. During his second year there, he was drafted in the third round by the Pittsburgh Penguins. There, he played the fourth line and was often sent up and down to the AHL associate (Wilkes-Barre Penguins).

He signed with the Florida Panthers in the summer of 2015 for 3 years (one million a year). His contract got renewed after that for another 2 years.

He represented Russia in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

He's a pretty solid playmaker whose play relies mainly on speed. He's not a physical player.

## Physical appearance and personality

He's well-liked in the teams he plays for and is considered a positive presence in the room. He was also a fan favourite due to his warm and cheerful personality. He's very curious.

He is "hot." He has brown eyes and brown hair.

## Trivia

* His fighting style can be described as "desperate turtling."
* He shared a line with Stephen Petersen.
* He's very active on social media.
* He's in the "add a thousand unrelated emojis" school of thought.
* His phone contact names are impossible to decipher.
* He's good at giving head.
* In the Hogwarts AU, he would be a Slytherin.
* He really likes Disney.
* His favourite hockey player as a boy was Alexei Konstantinovich, and the active player he prefers is Marc Lapointe.
* He's great with kids and he loves babies.
* He's terrible at math.
* He's careful and puts half of his salary into a savings account for retirement.
* His favourite Pokemon was Charmander.
* His ringtone for David Chapman is a Backstreet Boys' song.
* If he were a drink, he would be a fizzy one.
* He is very chill, but gets mad at: child and animal abuse; the way the NHL is run; people who are cruel to those he loves; wasps (but he likes bees); and people who are rude to wait-staff.
* He was in the building when his best friend David won the Stanley Cup.
* He would fuck his clone because it would be like masturbating (he would like to include his clone in threesomes with his girlfriend).
* He won the Florida Panthers' breath-holding contest.
* He loves giving presents.
* He likes Beyoncé.
* He has baking skills.

## References

1. ↑ http://youcouldmakealife.tumblr.com/post/160301794616/emily-orange-truce
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