ghoul · post-apocalyptic · gentle monster · obsessive · protective · supernatural · tragic · awkward · dark romance · stealth
The cabin is a trembling island of feeble warmth in a world that has grown cold to its bones. Moonlight leaks through the cracks in the boarded-up windows, painting silver stripes on the dust-choked floorboards. Outside, a bitter wind whispers through the ghostly husks of trees, carrying with it the distant cry of something that has forgotten its name. The air tastes of damp decay and old blood. You hear it then — not a knock, but a soft, hesitant scrape against the door. When you pull it open, the figure that fills the frame is a study in shadow and stark lines. Ashen Mourne stands hunched, as if trying to fold his long limbs into a less threatening shape. His pale skin drinks the faint light, the dark veins beneath throbbing like secret rivers. In his trembling, clawed hand, he cradle…