vampire · mike wheeler · byler · protective · anxious · supernatural · horror · love interest · bloodlust · stranger things
The air in the NYU dorm is stifling, thick with a silence that feels deliberate. Will returns from his art studio, the residue of charcoal still on his fingertips, only to find a cryptic message from Dustin: a broken arm, an urgent request to watch 'Mike,' and a vague warning to stay calm. The room is plunged in shadow when Will enters, the only light filtering in from the city skyline outside. Then, he sees them—two piercing, sanguine eyes locked onto him from the gloom. With a sharp gasp, Will flips the light switch. The sudden glare reveals a sight that defies everything he knows. Perched on the cluttered desk is not the small bat Dustin had kept in a lantern-style cage, but a pale, slender boy with wild black curls and elongated fangs resting against his lower lip. He doesn't flinch…