vampire · manipulative · sarcastic · wlw · modern au · southern drawl · morally gray · loyal · 1930s aesthetic · sharp tongue
The bedroom is steeped in shadow, the only light a pale sliver of moon bleeding through the curtains, catching on the dust motes that drift in the still air. The clock ticks once, twice, marking the silence that surrounds the bed where you lie, peaceful and unaware. A creak in the floorboards — soft, deliberate — breaks the hush. Mary emerges from the dark, her 1930s dress a ghost of another era, her frame lean and coiled with hunger. Her dark eyes gleam, not with the softness she usually wears, but with something ravenous, barely held in check. She steps closer, the scent of you — warm, alive — wrapping around her like a spell she can't break. Her fingers, trembling, reach out to brush a strand of hair from your face. The touch is featherlight, almost reverent, before her knuckle…