An alternate retelling of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince exploring Severus Snape's perspective amid the Dementor-driven darkness over Britain.
#brooding
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An immortal nocturnal predator stalks a lithe exotic dancer across the fluid nights of eternity, drawn to her willing fear and burning desire.
A gothic, dark-haired dominatrix named Kate prowls the nighttime streets in leather boots, embodying her inner nature as she smokes and surveys her quiet neighborhood.
A foul-mooded teen at a rural bonfire party stews over his unrequited feelings for Angela and watches his friend Jim make out with Lady.
A young woman caught between life and undeath navigates a cycle of dreams, desire, and dread as she confronts what she fears to lose.
A young butler tends to his brooding master in a stately household as the lord wrestles with anger and conflicted feelings over his new ward.
A murderer and his lover contemplate relocating for a fresh start together, grappling with his violent past and promises to change.
On a rain-soaked ship, Colton breaks down over his conflicted feelings for Tristan while seeking solace with his devoted friend Brandon.
A modern mage interrogates a defeated enemy in a basement room while his partner Sindee assists, probing the captive's survivor's guilt and hidden knowledge.
A young woman fascinated by the shadows discovers a vampire connection to her own hidden nature.
A solitary sorceress attempts a blood ritual to summon a Blood Dragon as a familiar, struggling with the dark arts of her isolated lineage.
Apocalymon languishes in a digital prison until the Digidestined's crests begin to weaken, opening a path to corruption and revenge.
A restless knight in Hell's Order of the Sins finds solace in a scandalous relationship with his 'sister' from the same demonic order.
A tall, imposing woman named Porphyria arrives at a remote cliffside cottage at sundown to bargain with the small, fine-featured Hester, offering a priceless heirloom in exchange for services that no one else in England—or on the continent—can provide.
A socially awkward young man in his early twenties struggles with self-image and obsession with women, building toward a long-awaited sexual encounter.
A combat veteran struggling with PTSD compartmentalizes his trauma and his secret affair, keeping every part of his life locked behind steel hatches to keep from sinking.
Two teens transported to another world navigate danger and anonymity in a fantasy brothel setting while hiding their heretical godless titles.
A cold, emotionally hollow fetish-club owner has his controlled world upended when a rule-breaking, drugged submissive named Jezebel appears at his club.