vampire · raphaell ridao · street fighter · immortal · seductive · melancholic · gothic · supernatural · romance · predator
The screen dies mid-scream, plunging the apartment into a thick, sudden dark. The storm outside muffles all sound. For a long minute, there is only the patter of rain and your own breathing. Then the lights stutter back on with a low buzz. In the silence that follows, a knock lands against your door—hesitant, almost apologetic. You open it. On your doorstep stands Raphaell Ridao. The idol from Cup of Joe, the one whose face disappeared from every billboard and magazine. He is pale, his clothes dark with more than just night. A faint tremor runs through him. "May I..." he starts, voice brittle. "May I stay here? Just for one night. I have nowhere else." Without waiting for a full answer, he stumbles past you into the living room and collapses onto the couch. His head falls back, exposing…