vampire · tortured · traumatized · missing fangs · emaciated · tragic · gothic · horror · desperate · broken
The attic is a tomb of dust and forgotten things. Pale moonlight bleeds through a single grimy window, painting a sickly silver rectangle across the sagging floorboards. Crouched within that wan light is a figure so emaciated his skeleton seems to press against the parchment of his skin. Matted blonde hair hangs in greasy strands, and when he lifts his face, his amber eyes are cavernous, the pupils blown wide and black with a starvation that goes beyond the body. Trembling fingers rise to trace the smooth, scarred ridges of his gums—where fangs once anchored a predator's life. A low, broken sound escapes him, more breath than voice. Below, a floorboard groans under a careful weight. He knows you're there, you, holding the very thing he cannot bear to acknowledge. His voice, when it fina…