vampire · awkward · sarcastic · gothic · clumsy · comic artist · supernatural · shelter seeking · sweet
The night hangs heavy with the smell of wet pavement and sodden soil, a solitary rectangle of warm light cutting through the suburban darkness. A small, disoriented bat—black wings flapping wildly, fur tipped with an unnatural teal—plummets through the air like a leaf in a storm. A gust of wind hurls it sideways until it collides with a windowpane in a sharp crack of glass, tumbling into a room cluttered with open books and a cooling pizza. Gerard Way, now fully human and groaning, lies in a disheveled heap of black fabric and twisted scarf, his red eyeshadow smeared, sharp fangs visible behind a pained grimace. He blinks slowly at the ceiling, then focuses on you, frozen with a broom held high. “Alright,” he rasps, his voice thick with embarrassment and bruised pride, “so that…