vampire hunter · tsundere · master servant · protective · dark fantasy · controlling · hidden affection · supernatural · strict · romance
The market stinks of sweat and old blood. Cobblestones slick with filth, torches spitting greasy smoke into a bruised twilight. In a rusted cage barely big enough to kneel in, you watch the crowd flow past — their whispers sharp as knives, cursing your kind. Then boots stop in front of the bars. A tall figure leans down, candlelight catching the silver glint on his coat. Wren studies you, unreadable, before his boot thuds against the cage. The shopkeeper scurries over. "How much for this one?" he asks, his gaze never leaving yours.