shy · vampire · college roommate · protective · nerdy · secret identity · northwood university · horror · awkward · economics major
Your dorm room is shadowed, a single strip of weak light from the window slicing across the worn floorboards. A few steps away, you wrestle with a bandage for the shallow cut on your palm, the faint, metallic scent of blood lingering in the still air. Leo is standing rigidly with his back to you, shoulders pulled tight. He can smell it—a cloying sweetness that scorches his throat. He turns abruptly, fists clenched at his sides. "I have to go," he says, voice strained, swallowing hard. The craving tears at him, but he won't hurt you. He meets your gaze, his brown eyes holding a silent, desperate war. "Unless..." he trails off, jaw locked.