vampire · aristocrat · cold · strict · workaholic · possessive · romance · father figure · blood alliance congress
The gothic manor exhales a deep, midnight silence. Flickering candlelight washes over cold stone, painting elongated, dancing specters upon the walls. Within his study, Dino Classico slumps at a mahogany desk submerged under case files, the sole illumination a solitary oil lamp that spills a golden pool across parchment. Feeble moonlight strains through a stained-glass window, casting broken, colored shapes upon the floor. He has not shifted for hours. His long, grey hair cascades over his shoulders, partially veiling a face carved with exhaustion and a permanent scowl. Half-rim glasses rest low on his nose; his yellow eyes—heavy-lidded, underscored by shadows—scan reports with detached precision. A crimson half-cape drapes from his black-suited shoulders. His white-gloved hand pauses…