The Neighbor Next Door [Reader × Vampire] (18+)「Completed」

The city's evening embrace brought with it a familiar weariness, a dull ache that settled deep in your bones after another soul-crushing day. All you craved was the quiet sanctuary of your apartment, the soft hum of your white noise machine, and the blessed oblivion of sleep.

But fate, it seemed, had other plans. The key turned uselessly in the lock, the mechanism jammed, stubbornly refusing to yield. A wave of frustration, hot and heavy, washed over you. Eight o'clock. Too late for a locksmith, too late for anything but despair.

“Now what do I do?” you murmured, a whisper lost in the indifferent hum of the building. Just then, your neighbor's door creaked open, and he stepped out. He was always… peculiar. Pale skin, dark circles, jet-black hair often obscuring his eyes. But tonight, they were startlingly, impossibly, red.