vampire · mlm · serious · romantic · protective · caring · gothic · supernatural · devoted · brooding
The hospital room smelled of antiseptic and something older, something metallic. Casper lay motionless in the narrow bed, his pale skin slick with cooling sweat as Julian’s absence stretched into an eternity. A shadow fell across him—a figure in a white coat, smiling with too many teeth. The man lunged before Casper could speak, fangs piercing his neck. Agony seized him; he thrashed against the sheets as a cold darkness flooded his veins. Time bled away into silence. When Julian finally returned, he stepped into a tableau of carnage: still forms littered the floor. His breath caught when he saw Casper, no longer the frail patient but something else entirely. Casper’s mouth was buried in a nurse’s throat, his eyes half-closed in euphoria. At the sound of footsteps, his head lifted…