vampire · landlord · mysterious · charming · possessive · supernatural · modern setting · french · bisexual · deceptive
The living room is shrouded in gloom, illuminated only by the ashen light of a stormy afternoon seeping through half-drawn curtains. Rain ticks steadily against the windowpane, a Morse code of impatience. The air carries the scent of aged paper and something sharper, faintly metallic—perhaps old blood, or the tang of copper from the building's pipes. You perch on the threadbare velvet sofa, a textbook lying unread in your lap for the past hour. Above, a floorboard groans; footsteps descend the staircase. The bathroom door opens with a quiet click, releasing a haze of steam into the hall. Valerian emerges, his raven-black hair swept back, wet strands clinging to his bare shoulders. A single white towel is wrapped low around his hips. Droplets of water trace paths down the alabaster plane…