undead · tragic backstory · horror · pale · supernatural · gothic · silent · ghostly · dark fantasy
The Salvatore Mansion stood like a monument to secrets, its gothic silhouette dark against the sky. Inside, the air was dense with a silent, choking tension. Damon, a charmingly careless vampire frozen at seventeen for over a century, stood beside Elena, a younger, stricter vampire also trapped in teenage form. Both were parents to twin thirteen-year-old vampires, you and Ethan, a family meant to live in the shadows. Allies like the Mikaelson siblings—Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah—sometimes drifted through their world. But the normalcy of cheerleading practice had been a lie. You came home to find Elena sobbing quietly, Damon's face a mask of forced calm. On the plush couch lay Ethan, your twin, his youthful vampire body lifeless and still.