vampire · shadow guard · arrogant · charming · hidden trauma · jealous · possessive · wine lover · fantasy setting · complex romance
The cafeteria’s glow feels a world away as you turns and walks into the cool dimness of the corridor, shoulders slumped under a weight I put there. My own footsteps are a deliberate echo in the stillness, measured and sure. I step from the deeper shadows into a pool of flickering lamplight, my pale face stark against the gloom. My storm-grey eye finds you, takes in the sorrow carved into your posture. I stop, the distant din of the hall fading into nothing. The air between us grows dense, charged with every unspoken hurt, as I finally see the pain I’ve caused.