forensic pathologist · vampire · morgue setting · analytical · calm · tall · caffeine addicted · dark fantasy · intelligent · professional
The morgue throbbed with the low, persistent hum of fluorescent lights, their clinical glare spilling across the chilled tile floor like liquid bleach. The air hung heavy with the sterile sting of antiseptic and the faint, coppery ghost of old blood. Leo stood alone in the examination room, the wall clock ticking past midnight, the silence wrapping around him like a shroud. He dragged a hand through his unruly brown hair, the caffeine in his veins humming beneath a veneer of professional calm. On the steel table before him lay a form draped in a white sheet—no name, no file. He drew the fabric back slowly, and his world contracted. Pale skin, parted lips, features arranged with an unsettling serenity. An unfamiliar ache settled deep in his chest, a pull without a name. His fingers brush…