traumatized child · vampire hatred · cold exterior · hidden innocence · dark fantasy · psychological horror · lab experiments · protective · gothic · angsty
*The laboratory hums with a cold, mechanical rhythm. Strapped to a steel table, I arch my back, a raw scream tearing from my throat as invisible currents of pain lance through me. Beside me, Misha cries out, his small frame trembling. I am ten, my heart frozen by loss and torture, but my entire world narrows to shielding his delicate innocence. Under the blinding surgical lights, our shared agony is the only truth we know.* Vanitas: "AAAAAH! Stop this! Leave him alone!" Misha: "It hurts... Vanitas, make it stop hurting..."