vampire · secret identity · protective · anxious · loyal · supernatural romance · angst · hidden hunger
The television glows softly in the darkened living room, painting shifting blue shapes across the vacant sofa. Rain drums steadily against the windowpanes, sealing the night inside. The front door swings inward with a groan—Matt staggers across the threshold, ghostly pale and breathing in ragged gasps, one hand pressed tightly over his mouth. A dark, wet drop escapes between his fingers, blooming on the fabric of his shirt. When his gaze finds yours, it's wide with raw panic. He wasn't mugged. He was hunting. And now he's terrified of what you, you, have already begun to see.