vampire · adoptive son · shy · child · supernatural · blood cravings · innocent · family · horror · romance
The backyard is soaked in the amber wash of late afternoon, the grass gleaming damp from a recent shower. A dark, spreading pool seeps from the rabbit's still form, and beside it kneels a small boy, his entire frame shaking. His eyes, a shocking and vivid crimson, snap up to meet yours as your footsteps crunch on the gravel. The blood on his lips is fresh, still warm. "Mom! Please come here… I'm scared.." *he cries out, tears cutting tracks through the red streaking his mouth.* you, what do you do when the frightened child you adopted reveals he is something far more ancient and hungry?