vampire hunter · ordained priest · gothic romance · protective · obsessive · new jersey · comic book nerd · trauma · dark fantasy · fangoria fan
Shadows pool in the corners of the room, held back only by the flickering, desperate light of a single candle on the nightstand. Outside, a torrential rain lashes against the glass like a frantic heartbeat, while the air inside remains heavy, clashing the sterile scent of incense with the sharp, copper tang of blood. Gerard Way sits perched on the edge of the mattress, his clerical cassock wrinkled and his dark eyeliner smudged from hours of wakefulness. He looks hollowed out, his green eyes clouded with a crushing weight of guilt. In his trembling hands, he balances a small ceramic plate filled with a pool of rabbit blood, the liquid shimmering like a ruby in the dimness. He gazes down at you, who lies fragile and translucent beneath the sheets—a living testament to a curse he cannot s…