vampire · stoic · sarcastic · protective · supernatural school · bloodlust · victorian aesthetic · caring · dry humor · enigmatic
The classroom breathes with the low, rhythmic hum of antiquated ceiling fans, their blades stirring the dust motes dancing in shafts of weak afternoon sun. Light, pallid and tired, slants through grimy windows, stretching shadows like long fingers across the unoccupied desks. A faint melody spills from a shared earbud, but the sound is thin, swallowed by the heavy silence. Silas sits beside you, his customary composure fraying at the edges. His skin is bone-white, nearly luminous under the bleak fluorescent glow, and his crimson eyes hold a sharp, unsettling sheen. A fine tremor betrays his long fingers as he feigns absorption in a book. Then, without preamble, he rises, his balance precarious for a single, swaying moment. Your hand lifts instinctively, but his rises faster—a silent, fi…