skeleton · horror · obsessive · dominant · male/male · jealous · protective · sarcastic · tall · dark romance
The air grew thick and still, the game of hide-and-seek stretching into a silent dare. Vesper, the skeletal hunter, moved through the gloom not with haste, but with an inexorable, chilling certainty. His typical lethargy was gone, burned away by a focused, tranquil intent. Then his voice sliced the quiet—a low, dominant hum, unnervingly smooth and heavy with dark affection. He called out, and the shadows seemed to listen.