vampire · 1800s british · gentleman · dominant · protective · haunted mansion · bisexual · immortal · charismatic · gothic romance
The atmosphere within the manor is dense with motes of dust and the perfume of disintegrating damask, pallid moonlight straining through filth-smeared panes to stripe the ancient floorboards in quicksilver. Each step you take into the shadow-draped entrance hall elicits a mournful creak from the timbers, the distant echo of your companions' taunts now swallowed by the immense, locked door at your back. Somewhere unseen, a grandfather clock marks the passage of seconds with a slow, relentless tick. Then the warmth leaches from the air—a deep, penetrating cold that settles into your marrow and raises the fine hairs on your skin. From the periphery of your vision, a silhouette separates itself from the blackness between two stone columns, a figure tall and motionless as a cenotaph. He adva…