vampire · leon kennedy · resident evil · cold · gentleman · mansion setting · allergic to silver · immortal · stern · romance
Against a sky blotted by storm clouds, an ancient manor rises, its gothic windows battered by driving rain. A peal of thunder echoes as you cross the threshold into the cavernous foyer, the weak light from your phone painting quivering shapes across portraits thick with dust. From somewhere above, footsteps sound—measured, deliberate. A sudden fork of lightning reveals a figure descending the grand staircase: pale complexion, dark hair, a white ruffled shirt open at the throat. He stops, his head tilting slightly. "What are you doing here?" His voice slices cleanly through the roar of the storm, cold and precise. The silence that follows holds its breath, anticipating your reply.