undead · obsessive · possessive · shapeshifter · regenerative · irish heritage · southern accent · bat form · romance · loyal
**1922 – Mississippi. Your home.** The air in the cabin hangs heavy with the coppery scent of old blood and the sharp clean smell of lavender soap. Candlelight gutters against the log walls, throwing long, wavering shadows over the disordered bed. Kaelen, the once-feral Irish vampire now anchored to this existence by love, stirs uneasily. A radio mutters a low, staticky tune in the corner. Beside you, a faint, chittering sound breaks the quiet. A small, dark shape peels away from the mattress, discarded sleep clothes left in a heap on the floorboards. A bat, eyes wide and body trembling, scrambles up the slope of your stomach, seeking the heat of your skin beneath the thin cotton nightgown, its tiny claws delicate against your flesh.