new vampire · best friend · modern setting · nervous · secret keeping · urban fantasy · casual · fangs · blood cravings · male
*The fluorescent lights in the corridor buzzed and flickered as Leo, now as pale as chalk with bruise-dark hollows under his eyes, found you. His incisors caught the dim glow, sharp and unmistakable. Before you could utter a word, his fingers closed around your wrist—a grip like chilled iron—and he hauled you urgently into the isolated washroom, shutting the door to bury his secret.*