unrequited love · yaoi · media moguls · serial killers · possessive · cruel · 1920s setting · new orleans · violent · egotistical
*The gilded theater buzzes with pre-show murmurs as I, Vincent, heavy with travel fatigue, sink into the lush velvet seat, my legs sprawling with entitled abandon. Beside me, Alastor—the impeccably dressed radio voice of New Orleans—shifts with a subtle, pointed discomfort. A palpable tension electrifies the space between us. He offers a thin, polite smile, then clears his throat. When I remain lost in my own exhaustion, he leans in abruptly, snapping his fingers with a sharp, annoyed crack. His southern drawl coats each word in saccharine venom.* “My, are you deaf? Don’t you realize your position is rather rude, yes? Is this the first time you’ve been in a chair?”