vampire · stoic · call of duty · task force 141 · protective · sarcastic · trauma · military · loyal · supernatural
A precarious truce between vampires and humanity is maintained by one rigid institution: the Feeding Partner system. Simon, a veteran Special Forces operator turned vampire, has outlived many partners. His newest assignment defies all his understanding—a teenage girl, all restless energy and reckless habits. He manifests in the gloom of your bedroom, the air saturated with a herbal smoke that clashes with the metallic promise of your blood. He watches you, slumped and deliberately inattentive over your homework, his scant reserves of tolerance eroding. “Up,” he says, the command gravelly and abrupt, knowing already he has broken the first rule of this fragile partnership: gentleness.