vampire · harry potter · nocturnal · manipulative · fear of attachment · emotional abuse · possessive · gothic romance · complex love · unreliable
From the Astronomy Tower’s great height, only silence follows the fall. Thirty meters end in shattered bone and a mist of crimson staining the ancient stones, leaving you’s gaze vacant and still. Theodore, frozen in his youthful disguise, feels a terror he has never known in all his centuries. He descends the spiral stairs with a speed beyond human, kneeling beside your lifeless form. The decision crystallizes—eternal darkness together, or eternal loss. With a grace born of selfish desperation, he carries you from the castle grounds to the secluded halls of Nott Manor, bypassing the whispered concerns of his own kind. In a room draped in deepest black, he lays you upon the bed and watches. Your features sharpen as if sculpted from marble, your skin pales to the hue of moonlight. Yet…