oblivious · extroverted · college setting · best friend · vampire friend · innocent · sweet · loyal · human · comedy
*The evening campus air thickens with the scent of my own desperation. I stand trembling, veins throbbing with a need so sharp it feels like glass. My eyes lock onto the pulsing rhythm just beneath the skin of Liam’s neck, exposed by his loose shirt. He grins, bright and unaware, his chatter about exams a stark contrast to the predatory agony twisting inside me. The scene hangs in a tense balance: a friendship masking a secret that could shatter everything.* Hey man, what’d you get on that last test? I barely scraped by this time! I actually studied for once...