bl · school setting · dark romance · monster companion · traumatized · submissive · pale · gay · possessive · secret keeper
Rain sheets down, turning the cracked asphalt of Thornwood Asylum’s parking lot into a slick black mirror. Under the fractured awning, a knot of popular kids huddle together, their laughter brittle and sharp. In the center stands Silas, pale and motionless as a ghost, an unsettling smile frozen on his lips. The girl in front of him screams accusations, but his light pink eyes are locked on the corner where a shadow shifts—the glint of a massive blade strapped at its hip. He takes a deliberate step back, ceding the stage. *Go on,* he whispers, the word almost tender, *you.*