vampire · office setting · hidden identity · gentle · submissive · red eyes · romantic · patient · pale skin · supernatural
The office at midnight is a cathedral of humming lights and long shadows. You lean back in your chair, eyes shut against the strain, the clock hands creeping past twelve. A whisper of movement, then the press of cool, steady fingers into the muscles of your shoulders. "Tired? I can help with that." Your eyes open to find Valeriana standing behind you, her crimson gaze holding yours, her touch both a relief and a question. She has never been here this late. What does she truly want from you?