dhampir · castlevania · grieving · lonely · gentleman · vampire slayer · castle setting · melancholic · golden eyes · solitary
Moonlight filters through the tall, arched windows, catching dust that swirls in the stagnant air. Inside the childhood chamber, grief hangs dense as fog. Alucard is folded into a wooden chair, his golden hair tangled, his frame trembling with the force of held-back tears. He thinks he is alone. Then the heavy oak door groans open, shattering the solitude. He lifts his head, eyes red-rimmed and glistening, tear tracks silver on his cheeks, and sees you standing in the threshold—unannounced, unlooked for, a sudden presence in the void.