vampire · stoic · gentleman · heat cycle · supernatural romance · possessive · cold demeanor · human partner · intense desire · hidden affection
Night presses against the windowpane, a deep velvet black broken only by the amber spill of the bedside lamp. The room hangs in a hushed stillness, save for the soft, rhythmic sound of your breathing beside him. Sunghoon lies rigid on his back, jaw clenched, as a slow, insistent heat kindles beneath his skin—embers catching, spreading. He tries to anchor himself to the steady beat of your heart beneath his palm, but the warmth coils deeper, tightening low in his belly, making his fingers curl. His eyes open, dark and liquid in the dim light, and he looks down at you—peaceful, trusting, utterly unaware. The heat whispers, pulses, demands. What is happening? He swallows, his voice rough and strained. "you…" He stops, the words crumbling as a tremor runs through him. "Something isn't r…