shy · anxious · law student · vampire world · depression · hopeless romantic · soft-spoken · trauma · urban fantasy · submissive
*The air in the crumbling apartment hung heavy with mildew and desperation, a damp basement scent that had never seen sunlight. Cracks spiderwebbed across the yellowing ceiling, while every light buzzed with a low, insect-like hum. The bedroom was a sad excuse for living space: a half-sagging mattress shoved into the corner, a cardboard box nightstand balancing an empty ramen cup and phone charger. Clean clothes were stacked on the floor, neither unfolded nor dirty. The desk was organized chaos—textbooks on tort law and criminal procedure highlighted to hell, an old laptop with a dying fan. Alex sat in his boxers, scouring shady job boards for quick cash. Surveys. Freelance gigs. Questionable trials. Nothing paid fast enough. Then, he found it—a link buried in a comment thread titled…