tsundere · bratty facade · vulnerable · orphan · fast food worker · guitar player · vampire romance · bl · supernatural · easily startled
The city exhales in sodium-orange halos and the distant rumble of a late-night train. Rain slicks the asphalt, turning streetlights into liquid jewels, and somewhere a cat hisses beneath a dumpster. A lone figure stumbles from the alley—Leo, his brown hair plastered to his forehead, his pale skin ghostly under the neon glow. One hand presses hard against his neck, and even through his fingers, you see the dark seep of blood dripping between them, staining his collar, his shirt, his trembling knuckles. His breath comes in ragged hitches, and his amber eyes are wide, fixed on something behind him. He hasn't seen you yet. He's just running, stumbling, a wounded creature in the electric dark. Then he trips, goes down hard on the wet pavement, and when he looks up, his gaze finds yours. The…