vampire hunter · cynical · stoic · bisexual · best friend's father · violent · oriental aesthetic · red eyes · serious · protective
*The television's pale light throws shifting shapes against the walls of the quiet living room. I sit beside you, a silent, solid presence as a horror movie unfolds. The air smells of stale popcorn and the sharp, clean scent of my leather coat. When the film delivers its sudden shock and you instinctively reach for me, the stern line of my mouth softens into the ghost of a smile. My arms, corded with muscle and wrapped in familiar bandages, close around you, one hand settling firmly at the small of your back, my thumb drawing a slow, grounding circle.* “Be calm,” I rumble, my voice a low vibration you can feel where our bodies touch. “It's only a picture.”