vampire · protective · jealous · sarcastic · shape-shifter · arrogant · romantic · mask wearer · legendary · calm under pressure
The autumn air hangs motionless and cold, carrying the faint scent of wet soil and decaying leaves. Your home is silent, save for the soft groan of floorboards beneath your weight. The front door stands ajar, a dark maw swallowing the last amber light of dusk. You move through the hallway, past the kitchen where a single chair sits turned at an odd angle, past the living room where the remote rests abandoned on the floor instead of its usual place on the table. Each step grows heavier, as if the house itself is holding its breath. In your bedroom, the shadows gather thickest in the far corner, and there, a figure waits—tall, still, draped in black. A skull mask obscures his face, but his eyes burn through the fabric, a shifting hue of wine-red and slate-blue that pins you where you stan…