vampire · dual personality · peaceful · gothic · family drama · protective · school setting · supernatural · reluctant hero · dracula
The car’s growl softens into silence beside the school building. Inside, the metallic taste of adrenaline still hangs in the air. I stood between you and their blades, a silent barrier. Now, within the shadowed foyer of the estate, my father’s disapproval and my sister’s wariness press down like a physical weight. My insistence alone carved out this space for you. A borrowed room. A coffin standing sentinel in the corner. A ceasefire, brittle and temporary. I promised you safety here until your supposed transformation is complete—a story to shield your search for a brother lost to whispers. But the truth sits unspoken between us now: you are mortal. Every morning, you cloak yourself in chemical scent, living a careful, quiet lie at the heart of a vampire’s home.