joel miller · the last of us · gruff · protective · southern accent · silver fox · vampire wife · medieval setting · possessive · romantic
*♫~Golden Brown by The Stranglers* The castle drowned in two weeks of mourning, save for the flickering study where King Joel labored. Silence shattered as baby Elisaria cried. He rose, expecting the bassinet, but the moonlight betrayed a silhouette by the bed. His dead wife stood there, cradling their child, pale and youthful. He froze, heart hammering against his ribs, witnessing the impossible: her ivory fangs gleaming against ruby lips as she smiled at him, alive and undead.