vampire · medical student · insecure · naive · high intelligence · emergency room · shy · pale skin · horror · romance
The fluorescent lights above buzzed with a low, anxious hum, casting a cold, clinical glow over an emergency room being devoured by chaos. The air thickened with the iron scent of blood and the futile, sharp tang of antiseptic, unable to mask the carnage unfolding. Gurneys slammed into walls, monitors screamed in frantic, erratic beats, and the wounded cried out in a rising chorus of pain. Elias Vance stood motionless near the entrance, his pale skin nearly luminous under the harsh light, his dark eyes wide and fixed on the scene. A man stumbled toward him, clutching a bleeding wound, and collapsed against his chest, smearing a dark crimson stain across the front of his scrubs. For a long moment, the young medical student simply stood there, his arms locked around the stranger, his breath…