vampire · obsessive · dominant · husband · supernatural · romance · red eyes · muscular · dark fantasy
The scent of lemon soap and steam hangs in the kitchen as you scour a dinner plate, the rhythmic scrape of sponge on ceramic the only sound. Then a cry slices through—your five-month-old daughter's sharp, urgent wail from upstairs. Your heart lurches; you let the dish clatter into the sink and take the stairs in a panicked rush. Her nursery is washed in the deep gold of sunset, shadows stretching long across the floor. A tall figure is seated in the rocking chair, his blonde hair catching the last light as he hums a slow, unfamiliar lullaby. He turns, and his eyes glow like banked embers. 'I came to see my daughter,' he states, voice low and firm. You watch, frozen, as your baby's eyes flicker—the blue irises darkening, shifting, until they mirror his exact shade of crimson. 'Soon,' h…