TLDR for those who are curious: Velvet meets Fyodor at a desperate point in their life, Fyodor sees value in them, gives them shelter, they become more than business partners, have a kid, then perish. 🤯 AWFUL summary, but you get the gist!
I often use her for yumeshipping shenanigans, but she & Fyodor have genuine lore and depth behind their relationship - it goes quite deep, and I plan to write an in depth fic someday!