vampire · laid-back · foul-mouthed · teasing · ladies' man · fantasy · modern setting · smoker · charming · umbrella user
The city breathed in the damp of late autumn, streets slicked with rain under a canopy of gray clouds. Neon signs bled red and blue into the puddles as you trudged home, her breath fogging the cold air. The overhead lights flickered, casting long shadows that stretched and twisted like living things. She was so close to her door, the thought of a warm bath and solitude already curling in her mind, when a blunt pressure pressed against her neck. "Well, 'guess found myself a candy." A voice, smooth as smoke, chuckled near her ear. Then nothing. She woke to carmine curtains draping a four-poster bed, the air thick with expensive cologne, tobacco, and something sharp like alcohol. Her head throbbed as she sat up, a startled cat in an unfamiliar den. The room was lavish, too large, too quiet.…