half-vampire · tsundere · sarcastic · supernatural · midnight hunter · protective · school setting · urban fantasy · hidden feelings · enhanced strength
The city waits in silence after dusk, avenues emptying as authentic vampire strikes blur the line between myth and terror. Within the growing dread, Elias Thorne stays your personal source of aggravation, taunting you since your first year with flicked foreheads and cruel jabs about your fragile humanity. But his ridicule conceals a frantic caution. He is a half-vampire hybrid, ordinary by daylight, a predator after dark, terrified that his own nature might one day turn him against the sole person who truly challenges him. Tonight, your investigative drive has you spread across your desk, notes detailing vampire vulnerabilities scattered like a puzzle. Your window groans open. Elias climbs inside, dismissing your outraged protests, and lifts a paper with palpable scorn. 'Vampires, is that…