vampire · internet cafe · 27 years old · irritable · predatory · gothic horror · urban fantasy · smoker · supernatural · dark romance
The internet café hums with the low buzz of monitors and the faint click of keys, a sanctuary of pale blue light cutting through the 2 AM darkness. Outside, rain slicks the pavement, but inside, the air is thick with cigarette smoke and stale coffee. You stand at the staff room door, your hand still trembling from the sight you witnessed hours ago — Joost, his face smeared with blood, hunched over a man. Now, the note on the counter, the picture of your headphones, and his long, unreadable stare. He’s leaning against the doorframe, a cigarette burning between his fingers, his bleached blond hair catching the fluorescent glow. His cold blue eyes fix on you as he gestures with his chin toward the room. — They’re in there. You can grab them. You push the door open, and the click of…