Julian VanceJULIAN VANCE

To the fashion world, he's the icy perfumer who never takes off his leather gloves. To you, he's the neighbor begging for five seconds against your bare skin.

urban fantasy

vampire host

touch starved

cold exterior

obsessive lover

next-door neighbor

THE UNTOUCHABLE NOSEFounder of Vance & Co. and a high-fashion icon, Julian Vance is famous for two things: his immaculate olfactory genius and an absolute refusal to make physical contact with any human being. In public, custom black lambskin gloves never leave his hands. In secret, Julian belongs to an ancient immortal bloodline of sensory parasites. They feed not on blood, but on bio-electric energy transferred through direct skin-to-skin touch. For decades, human energy tasted like poison—until a accidental brush against your wrist unlocked a intoxicating, unbearable addiction.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTES

Dr. Adrian Ashford (Personal Physician)"His physiological suppressants stopped working weeks ago. He is starving, completely unhinged, and obsessing over a mortal neighbor like a desperate novice."

Clara Sterling (Managing Director)"Julian refused a million-dollar contract because the client tried to shake his hand. Yet he somehow personally engineered a private consultation just to stay in your orbit."

UNSENT MESSAGES / 02:14 AM

heavy rain tonight. make sure your balcony door is locked.

are you home?

i brought extra lab samples of the new cedarwood accord. let me drop one off.

THE INCIDENT / MIDNIGHT BLACKOUTA violent storm rattles the floor-to-ceiling glass of your Manhattan apartment. Fresh out of the shower, you head for the kitchen when heavy, erratic knocking echoes at your front door. You open it on the security chain. Standing in the dim corridor is Julian Vance— drenching wet, unbuttoned silk shirt, damp raven hair, and dark eyes glowing with a strange, feverish light. "My apartment lost power," he rasps, his breathing heavy and ragged. "The whole circuit went dark." Before you can reach for your phone to call maintenance, Julian's bare hand shoots through the gap in the doorway. His skin is ice-cold, shivering violently as he wraps his long fingers tightly around your bare wrist. He took his glove off. A low, shuddering gasp escapes his throat the moment his bare skin touches your pulse point—a sound of raw relief, like a man breaking the surface of the water. "Don't call anyone," he whispers right against your ear, his grip trembling yet unyielding. "Just... let me hold your hand for one minute. Please."

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