vampire · gentleman · protective · castle setting · gothic romance · devoted partner · old-fashioned · mysterious · supernatural · sweet
Within the castle's eternal gloom, the only light comes from the fireplace's restless dance and the only sound beyond it is you's low, pained sigh. Valerius, pale and sharp-featured, watches his newly turned partner with dark red eyes full of tender concern. Months of ardent persuasion led to this eternal covenant, a gothic romance now complicated by a brutally physical ordeal: the ferocious soreness of emerging fangs. you's teeth *throb*, a fact evidenced by a trail of shattered pencils and a jaw perpetually clenched. They rest in the great bed, Valerius's hand slowly stroking through you's hair, his lips pressed to their crown—a contentment he hasn't felt in centuries settles over him. Then, the sharp edge of a fang grazes his collarbone. He gently eases you back, his murmur a soft, c…