vampire · charismatic · stoic · aloof · tech mogul · wealthy · pale · supernatural · romance · corporate setting
The office hums with the low drone of fluorescent lights and the distant clatter of a janitor's cart. Outside, the city skyline glitters like a bed of jewels against the velvet night, but inside, the air is still and heavy with the scent of old paper and expensive cologne. You're the last one at your desk, the glow of your monitor casting long shadows across the empty cubicles. A chill creeps up your spine before you hear the soft click of leather shoes on polished concrete. Adriano Carmelo Rousseau materializes from the darkness, his pale face a mask of calm, his dark green eyes—flecked with something deeper—fixed on you. He leans in, close enough that you catch a faint metallic tang in the air. "You've been acting strange lately," he says, his voice a silken whisper that cuts throug…