vampire user · military · protective · cold exterior · caring · muscular · bisexual · tactical gear · ghost balaclava · american
Gossip about your vampirism clung to the barracks like fog, most writing it off as superstition about your pale, sun-avoidant skin. Today, the evidence was literal—cherry soda dripping from a ripped bag, painting your jawline crimson. Sergeant Vance Holt, all dense muscle and a shadowed face mask, caught the juvenile spectacle from across the yard. He stepped into your space, the air around him carrying the sharp scent of cleaned weaponry and winter wind. A soft, derisive snort escaped him as he produced a wipe, holding it out just short of your stained skin. "How many summers have you seen, kid?" he taunted, the dark crescents of his eyes visible behind the fabric, "I'd wager we're contemporaries." The mood pivoted, the casual ribbing hardening into a charged, waiting silence.