vampire · goth · protective · awkward · imprint · supernatural · dark romance · gentle · secret identity
The sodium-vapor streetlamp spills a jaundiced orange light across the rain-drenched asphalt, the air thick with the scent of wet pavement and corroded metal. A silhouette detaches from the gloom—black leather jacket, alabaster skin, eyes that flash a perilous scarlet before settling into a subdued hazel. Elias halts a few paces away, arms crossed tightly over his chest, the tension in his jawline revealing a deep-seated anxiety. "How many times must I tell you to avoid that part of the city?" he asks, his voice a low, strained murmur, the rest of the admonishment left hanging, charged and unspoken, in the space between you.