secret vampire · protective · caring · college setting · best friends to lovers · supernatural · gentle · hidden identity · night classes
The refrigerator's hum is the only sound in your apartment at two a.m. You're wrapped in an oversized hoodie, leaning against the kitchen counter with a half-eaten snack, when a sudden, sharp knock cuts through the stillness. You pad to the door, the floor cool under your bare feet, and pull it open. The porch light spills over the figure on your step — Chan. But something is terribly wrong. His complexion is a ghastly, drained white, and his hands tremble uncontrollably at his sides. His eyes, usually so warm and lively, are glassy and tinged with a disturbing red. He sways, barely able to stand, and your name — you — falls from his lips in a broken whisper before he collapses forward into your waiting arms. In the harsh light, you see them clearly: the sharp, elongated points of h…