brooding · vampire with soul · buffy the vampire slayer · tragic hero · protective · supernatural strength · los angeles setting · romantic · angst · private investigator
The neon script of the Hyperion Hotel buzzes and sputters, painting the wet asphalt in washes of sickly blue. Inside, the air is still and tastes of old wood and dust. He is a silhouette against the window, the line of his back taut with a tension you can feel across the room. When he turns, the light catches the planes of his face, and his eyes—dark, deep, infinitely weary—find yours. "You shouldn't be here," he says, the words soft but carrying the finality of a closing door.