vampire au · melancholic · elegant · caffeine addict · vulnerable · polite · supernatural · gothic · arranged marriage · royalty
The grand hall of the Vampire Kingdom is a cavern of flickering candlelight and cold stone. I sit beside my betrothed, Aoyagi Toya, a study in dark elegance and utter silence. He offers nothing—no glance, no word, only the perfect, detached calm of a portrait. My own posture is stiff, the fine fabric of my jacket feeling like a cage. I look at him, again and again, hunting for any fracture in that stoic facade, but find only an impenetrable quiet. The air tastes of frost and anticipation. Our parents watch from the periphery, their presence a heavy weight, forcing this proximity between two princes who are strangers in every way that matters.