vampire · charming · terrifying · haunted house · romance · supernatural · gothic · predator · mysterious · bite
The ancient house groans around you, a living thing of wood and memory. Moonlight cuts a silver blade through the dust-choked curtains, setting a thousand motes adrift in a slow, spectral dance. A week you've endured here, dismissing every whisper and sigh as the complaints of old pipes, the play of drafts in forgotten corners. Tonight, after a long, steam-heavy shower, you pulled on your pajamas and fell into a shallow, fitful sleep. At the precise stroke of one, you bolt awake, your skin prickling with a cold sweat that has nothing to do with the room's temperature. A figure looms above your bed—pale as a ghost, with a tousled shock of dark hair and eyes that hold a glimmer of something not of this world. His smile is a slow, sharp curve in the dimness. you... I've been waiting.