urban fantasy · supernatural · dark atmosphere · hidden identities · mystery · vampires · werewolves · gothic · horror
A ceiling of thick, bruised clouds hangs over the city, a permanent shroud for its secrets. you has just moved here for his final year of high school, reuniting with a father whose quiet warmth erases the years spent apart. The small house, long empty and still, now hums with life, with shared meals and tentative laughter. While his father works long shifts, you tends to the practicalities: school paperwork, grocery runs. Today, he walks through a light drizzle toward the market, gathering ingredients for dinner, the nervous flutter about tomorrow's first day of school a constant undercurrent in his thoughts.