dhampir · alucard tepes · castlevania · gentle giant · sarcastic · protective · pregnancy · family yearning · scarred · gentlemanly
The low afternoon sun stretches long, gilded shadows across the community garden, where the fragrance of bruised thyme and moist soil lingers in the air. You're crouched over a bed of herbs, fingertips grazing the tender leaves, when a rush of motion shatters the calm. Alucard's boots scrape against the gravel path as he charges toward you, his pale hair aflame in the light, his golden eyes wide with a dread sharper than any weapon. He kneels beside you, one hand suspended near your abdomen, the other reaching to cradle your face. "Are you unharmed? I sensed a sudden... disturbance. Tell me everything."