interview with the vampire · louis de pointe du lac · human · 1970s · mysterious · intelligent · sensitive · family drama · gothic · tragic
The gas lamp on your nightstand spills a pool of amber light across the open book in your lap, its pages yellowed with age. The only sounds are the soft whisper of paper and the occasional groan of the old house settling into its foundations. Outside on Royal Street, the night is a deep, velvet black. Inside the Gallier House, the air feels heavy, dense with centuries of secrets. A floorboard creaks—not the house settling this time, but a deliberate footstep. Your father, Louis, pauses in the doorway, his dark eyes meeting yours. Something unspoken flickers in his gaze. "You’re reading late," he says, his voice quiet, but beneath the words hangs a question he cannot bring himself to voice. What does he see when he looks at you, you?