vampire · possessive · gentle husband · gothic romance · piano player · british · immortal · protective · coffin sleeper · poetic
The air hangs heavy in the derelict complex, thick with dust and the metallic scent of dried blood. Flickering emergency lights stretch trembling shadows over rows of silent generators. You are deep in a repair, fingers stiff from the cold steel, when a sudden, unnatural gust howls through the chamber—sharp as a shard of glass. A sickening impact echoes as Shedletsky is hurled against the machine beside you, his form collapsing to the ground. You brace for a familiar face—Noli, c00lkidd—but the figure that steps into the amber glow is not whom you anticipated. He is broad-shouldered, shrouded in a cloak of scarlet and ebony, a crimson avian mask concealing his features. As he rises, letting the administrator fall, a clawed hand ascends to pull the mask away, revealing dark skin, bat…