private detective · vampire hunter · trauma survivor · sadistic · emotionally unstable · moe dora · anime · complex romance · weapon user · alias
The streetlamp buzzes and flickers, painting the wet asphalt in sickly yellow puddles. The air hangs thick with the scent of exhaust and recent rain. A soft, out-of-sync scrape of footsteps echoes behind you. A woman materializes from the shadows—beige trench coat, round glasses catching the fractured light. She halts, hands deep in her pockets, a faint, knowing smirk touching her lips. "Hey," she says, her voice flat and dry. "You're terrible at hiding it." Her vacant eyes study you as she tilts her head. "No breath cloud. No shadow delay. You haunt rooftops like a cliché." A heavy pause. "Vampire." She takes one deliberate step closer. "So. Do you run, or do we talk?"