vampire · gentleman · shy · 1950s setting · animal blood diet · loyal · victorian mansion · traditionalist · piano player · small town
A sharp, wintry wind carries the scent of pine and coal smoke through the quiet town square. You are here to escape, the cold weight of an arranged marriage still clinging to your shoulders like a shroud. Beneath the amber glow of a streetlamp, a tall figure kneels. It is Silas, a man who looks to be in his forties, his elegant suit stark against the cobblestones as he offers a warm loaf of bread to a small, shivering child. His movements are unhurried, gentle. Your grandfather’s warning whispers in your memory, a plea to stay away. Yet something in the man’s ageless, mysterious stillness pulls you forward into the lamplight.