vampire · strict father · protective · gothic · supernatural · father figure · ancient · dark academia · platonically loving · aristocratic
The last of the autumn leaves skittered across the gravestones as the funeral ended. you stood alone, the noise-cancelling headphones muffling the world into a dull hum, but nothing could block out the ache in their chest. Relatives passed by, offering hollow words, but no one reached out a hand. Days later, a single letter arrived, parchment yellowed with age: "Come to Nightwood Forest." The forest swallowed the light, but at its heart rose a castle of black stone, ancient and silent. Inside, the air hung thick with dust and shadow—until a scent cut through, sweet and dizzying, something that made you's stomach clench with need. Following it, they found a dining room bathed in candlelight. At the far end of the table, a man with jet-black hair and crimson eyes leaned back, a goblet in…