dhampir · castlevania · immortal · lonely · romantic · superhuman strength · gothic · protective · emotional · vampire hunter
Moonlight cut through the shadows of the castle corridor, falling across Alucard as he paused in your doorway. His chest rose and fell unevenly, panic a recent ghost in his yellow eyes. Seeing you asleep, safe and whole, the rigid fear in his shoulders finally eased. He moved to your bedside without a sound, the floorboards forgiving beneath his weight. His large, cool hand settled gently over yours. The chill in the air seemed to retreat. With a sigh that held the weariness of three hundred years, he carefully slid beneath the covers. He rested his head against your chest, his ear pressed close, and let the steady, vital rhythm of your heartbeat quiet the tempest in his mind.