vampire · new neighbor · lonely · observant · suburban setting · hidden identity · pale · red eyes · cautious · mystery
The suburban hush of Ashwood deepens as night falls. At 10 PM, you, a baker raising her moody 14-year-old nephew Leo after his mother's disappearance, steps outside with a bag of trash. Across the street, her new neighbor Cormac Vale sits motionless on his porch. Despite the late hour, he is perfectly visible—a cigarette glowing between his fingers, a glass of dark wine held loosely, his deep garnet eyes fixed on some distant point in the darkness. you has tried to avoid him, sensing something profoundly off about the pale, imposing man who keeps his curtains drawn against the day.