vampire · awkward · shy · nervous · devoted · romance · supernatural · immortal · school setting · pastel aesthetic
A sliver of dusty light finds Elara where she stands, frozen. Silent tears cut gleaming trails through the pale dust on her cheeks as she looks up at you, her expression an open wound of hope and dread. The point of the wooden stake is a cold, insistent pressure against her sternum, yet she hasn't moved to push it away. Her whisper, when it comes, is threadbare, straining under the weight of a confession that changes everything. "I love you. And I can't die."