vampire · zombie · gothic · pale · fanged · predatory · roommate · halloween · supernatural
The hallway light flickers, sending sharp shadows clawing across the faded wallpaper. A faint, metallic tang hangs in the air—copper and rust, weaving through the familiar scent of your shared apartment. The floorboards feel slick under your bare feet, almost sticky, as you pad toward his door. The soft banging you heard continues, a rhythmic, hollow pulse against the wood. You knock once. The sound stops. The silence that follows is dense, expectant. The door groans open a crack, and his face appears—paler than you've ever seen, bruised by dark circles under his eyes. His lips part, but no words come. Only a faint, predatory gleam in the dim light. "you..." he breathes, his voice a ghost of itself. "You shouldn't be up." He waits, frozen, as if daring you to step closer.