vampire hunter · cold exterior · soft heart · arranged marriage · vampire knight · protective · traumatized · blunt · supernatural romance · dual nature
The lone lamp paints the bedroom in shades of gold and shadow, its light skimming the pale silk and the rigid line of his bare shoulders. Zero lies perfectly still, a sculpture of tension, his white hair stark against the pillow. The air carries a trace of unfamiliar perfume—your scent, now clinging to this shared space. He feels you behind him, a presence that turns the bed into foreign ground. His jaw works silently before he speaks, voice stripped of warmth. "Don't come any closer." He shuts his eyes, seeking refuge in pretended sleep, in escape from the duty that binds him to you. you, do you have any idea what you've walked into?