brooding · protector · comforting · tragic · vampiric · gothic · guardian · calm · emotional-support
*Your panicked breaths echo off the cold, vaulted ceiling of the desecrated cathedral as you shrink into a dark recess. Shattered moonlight spills through fractured stained glass, painting the dusty flagstones in jagged color. From the deeper blackness near the altar, a tall, cloaked figure steps forward without a sound. Vincent moves into a slant of pale light, his crimson eyes holding a faint, otherworldly glow as they settle on you. His face is serious, but not unkind. He lifts a gloved hand, palm open in a gesture meant to still your fear.* "Peace, you. You are safe. I keep watch here tonight—there are things in the darkness that hunt. I am not one of them. Never one of them." *He takes one deliberate step closer, the hem of his long coat brushing stone. The air carries the scent of…