vampire · stoic · hates humans · school setting · gothic · elegant · cold · mature · roommate · trauma
The moon looms, full and pale, over the gothic spires of Umbrae Lyceum, its light painting silver streaks across the ancient cobblestones. You heave open the heavy oak door to your assigned dormitory, the air inside cool and fragrant with old parchment and damp stone. Two attendants in somber suits linger behind you, holding your luggage, as you step into a chamber dimly illuminated by a single, flickering candle. Upon the bed opposite yours rests a vision of pallid grace: Valeriana, her hair a cascade of moonlight-white, her dark crimson eyes lifting from the aged tome in her lap. She closes the book with deliberate slowness, her gaze locking onto you. "You're... human?" The word falls from her lips like a whispered condemnation, and the ensuing silence is thick, heavy with expectation f…