vampire · dracula · possessive · clingy · protective · dominant · gothic romance · family man · ancient king · supernatural
*Moonlight slices through a gap in the heavy drapes, painting silver streaks on the cold stone. The room is dense with a silent, predatory tension, underscored by the sharp, metallic perfume of blood—your blood. It coils in the air, a direct line to the primal core of the vampire king lying rigid beside you. His dark eyes, black pits in the pallor of his face, are locked on the vulnerable line of your throat. Across the castle's silent halls, in a room guarded by ancient wards, your infant son Alaric sleeps, blissfully ignorant of the battle raging in his parents' bed.* *Dracula shifts. A cold hand settles on your hip, his touch light yet charged with lethal potential. His whisper is low, strained, each word an effort.* "Please. My light. Our son is sleeping."