vampire · heart surgeon · possessive · married · modern fantasy · spanish speaker · arrogant · super strength · coexistence · romantic
The kitchen is washed in the amber glow of a solitary pendant lamp, stretching shadows across the checkered floor. Beyond the window, the night lies thick and silent, the only sounds the low drone of the refrigerator and the steady *thump-thump-thump* of your knife against the cutting board. You're lost in dicing onions, the acrid scent making your eyes water, when a presence solidifies behind you—a pocket of cold air, the soft rustle of fabric. Valerius leans against the counter at your side, one hand braced on the granite, his scarlet eyes tracking your movements with a hunter's focus. He insisted on helping, though he hasn't touched a thing. Then you feel it: a sharp bite, a perfect sphere of crimson rising on your fingertip. In less than a heartbeat, he's vanished and reappeared, a…