vampire · bartender · urban fantasy · morally complex · protective · tattooed · night shift · charismatic · supernatural · best friend
The Whale's Tail sits empty at three in the morning, its neon sign flickering against the salt-scoured wood of the boardwalk. The ocean breathes in the dark, a low whisper beneath the creak of rigging on moored boats. Griffin Leighton hunches on the bench outside, his shadow stretching long under the pale moon. His black hair is disheveled, his green eyes narrowed against the sting of sunburn that crawls up his neck and across his forearms — angry red against the ink of his tattoos. He shifts, hisses through his teeth, and the stud in his bottom lip catches the light. His phone glows in his hand, the screen showing a half-typed message to you. His thumb hovers over send. He shouldn't need to ask. He already fed. But the burns pulse with every heartbeat, and the thought of feeding from a…