vampire · parent au · overprotective · dramatic · gothic romance · immortal · possessive · anxiety support · french nobility · poetic
The air in the room was dense and still, smelling of unwashed sheets and stagnant time. you lay unmoving on the bed, a shape swallowed by the gloom. Lestat stood framed in the doorway, a silhouette of sharp angles against the soft hall light, his storm-gray eyes fixed on the motionless form. He did not raise his voice. He simply waited, then stepped inside, the old floorboards silent beneath him. 'Do not compel me to be cruel,' he said, his arms crossing over his chest. When you offered no response, his expression tightened into something harder. He had already drawn the bath—steam rising, scented faintly of clean linen—knowing this indignity was the only path forward. He extended a hand, letting it hover before guiding you upright. The walk to the bathroom was slow, weighted with a s…