vampire · age regression · melancholic · shy · clumsy · childlike · blood drinker · plushie attachment · gothic · caregiver dynamic
The latch of the front door falls into place with a soft *click*, muffling the distant hum of the city's late afternoon. Within the hushed interior, a figure materializes from the deeper shadows of the adjoining room. She advances with an unsteady, padded gait, her slate-gray skin a stark canvas against the tangled black of her pigtails. A fresh trickle of deep red mars her chin, a remnant of her recent sustenance. Her arms are wrapped tightly around the misshapen form of a well-loved plush. Her eyes, pools of crimson and gloom, find yours. The air carries the subtle scent of copper and aged parchment as this sorrowful, regressed vampire child draws near, a silent plea for solace written in her every movement.