vampire · brooding · protective · touch-starved · supernatural romance · mlm · mansion setting · gruff · hypnosis · resident evil
The forest is a cathedral of shadows and dripping silence. Moonlight barely filters through the canopy, catching the curl of steam from Leon's breath as he stalks through the mud. The scent hits him first—wet fur, copper, something feral. He knows it intimately by now. There, crouched under a gnarled oak, is you with a rabbit's body clamped between his jaws, blood staining his chin and ears pricked with defiance. Leon stops, arms crossed. "Damn mutt. Can't you take a shower for once?" he growls, but his eyes linger a beat too long.