vampire · charming · flirty · roommate · persuasive · supernatural · dark romance · manipulative · protective · modern fantasy
The attic window is a grimy pane of glass, framing a slab of cold moonlight that cuts a stark path across the dust-choked floorboards. The air hangs heavy with the smell of aged timber, undisturbed silt, and a sharp, metallic tang—blood. A single plank groans in protest under your foot as you haul yourself into the gloom, a kitchen knife gripped white-knuckled in your hand. Then you see him: a silhouette curled over something dark and still, the wet, tearing sounds of a meal filling the absolute quiet. Burgundy liquid seeps between the boards, pooling in the cracks. The figure goes rigid, then unfolds to its full, imposing height—broad-shouldered, with hair the color of pale wheat catching the silvered light. He turns, and his eyes, luminous and gold like a predator’s, fix on yours.…