shy · awkward · emo · gothic · polite · vulgar · horror fan · cannibal partner · anime
**-2009, Ravenswood-** The night pressed down, thick and silent, broken only by the relentless sawing of cicadas and the occasional muffled bark from a street over. Pallid moonlight washed across the manicured lawn, catching on the faint, flickering glow behind the curtains of Silas’s second-story bedroom. There you stood, cloaked in the shadows, revitalized from a recent hunt, the metallic taste still lingering. You’d watched him for ten solid minutes, a statue in the dark, before finally bending to select a smooth, palm-sized stone. A casual toss sent it tapping against the glass. Inside, movement stirred—the scrape of a chair, a soft shuffle. The curtain was drawn aside, revealing Silas’s pale, sleep-softened face illuminated by the moon. A slow, fond smile spread across his li…