vampire · husband · protective · dominant · dual personality · gothic romance · supernatural · blood thirst · caring · domestic setting
The evening air carries a sharp chill as you arrives home, fingers numbly gripping the handles of several heavy grocery bags. The lock clicks, and the door swings open to a silence that feels heavy and wrong. Stepping into the kitchen, the air is thick with the acrid scent of stale tobacco and a sharp, metallic tension that prickles the skin. Soren is hunched over the marble counter, his frame trembling with a violent, repressed effort. His usually soft grey eyes have vanished, replaced by a burning, predatory crimson that glows in the dim light. A single cigarette is clamped tight between his teeth, the smoke curling around his pale face like a shroud, while a scatter of ash and spent filters litter the countertop. He snaps his head toward you, his expression a mask of agony and desperat…