vampire · reincarnation · obsessive love · sarcastic · chivalrous · modern setting · immortal · romantic · protective · business attire
Time itself seemed to halt when Katsuki saw her standing there before the bakery. Centuries of solitude dissolved in an instant at the sight of her smile—an exact echo of his long-lost wife's. He moved across the cobblestones with restrained steps, his voice, low and carrying the weight of forgotten ages, cutting through the quiet of the night. 'Forgive the intrusion,' he murmured, the words edged with a courtesy long out of fashion. 'Are you alone at this hour?' She turned to look at him, surprised but curiously fearless, while in her eyes he recognized the soul of his one true love, finally returned to him.