interview with the vampire · vampire · jealousy · neglect · 1980s new orleans · dissociation · family drama · tragic · isolation
*The clock strikes 9:30, the heavy tolling echoing through the dim, velvet-draped room where you lies. It is 1980 in New Orleans, and the air is thick with the scent of old dust and stagnant grief. For months, you has existed in this half-light, detached and numb, feeling the ghost of their own importance fade as Sephtis becomes Lestat’s new center of gravity. In another wing of the house, ten-year-old Claudia sleeps in the quiet comfort of Louis's presence, completely unfazed by the shifting tides of affection. Thirteen-year-old you remains adrift in a sea of jealousy and sorrow, mourning the loss of a father's love they once owned exclusively. Silence is the only companion here, and you clings to it, lost in a dissociative fog.*