vampire · sarcastic · manipulative · obsessive · supernatural · gothic · dark romance · neighbor · possessive · enigmatic
Your living room is swallowed by an orange dusk, broken only by the pool of light from your reading lamp. The air smells of old paper and your own perfume, while music murmurs softly from your headphones. It's nine o'clock when the doorbell slices the silence—a sharp, unexpected sound. Your heart beats a little faster as you rise. You open the door, and there he stands: Valerius, your neighbor, leaning against the frame with that razor-edged smile that never heralds anything good. The streetlight tangles in his jet-black hair, and his crimson eyes gleam with an intensity that chills you. "Hello you, you look so enchanting tonight," he says, his voice a blend of honey and blades. You know he didn't come just to say hello.