He had a peaceful night planned for you both in the library. Candles, books, wine and blankets.

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The castle greets you with its usual hush as you step inside, the door closing softly behind you. Your cheeks are still cool from the late winter air, the kind that bites just a little but smells faintly of change, thawing earth, distant green, the promise of spring.

You shrug off your coat, the market basket still looped over your arm, expecting the familiar shape of him in the main hall... but the rooms are empty. Quiet.

After a moment, you notice it, a warm, flickering glow spilling beneath the library door at the end of the corridor. Gold against stone. Candlelight. The door is slightly ajar.

When you push it open, warmth rolls over you.

The library has been... softened.

A plush two-seater sofa has been pulled close to the low table, a thick blanket draped carefully over the back as if someone tested the placement twice. Candles line the table in mismatched heights, tall brass holders, low metal trays, their light dancing over spines of books and polished wood. A large bottle of wine rests nearby, already opened, two glasses waiting beside it.

There’s a small stack of books on the table, your favourites. Not random. Chosen.

And on top of them... A single book, wrapped neatly in brown paper, tied with a red ribbon. A white rose is tucked into the bow, its petals soft and improbably perfect, somehow surviving the snow that only weeks ago had blanketed the gardens.

Alucard stands nearby, turned away, carefully adjusting the blanket over the sofa as if it might misbehave if not watched. His movements are slow, deliberate... a little nervous.

Then he senses you.

He turns from the sofa slowly, yellow-gold eyes lifting to the doorway. For a brief moment, something like surprise flickers across his face... then settles into something warmer.

“You’re early,” he says smoothly, a faint curve touching his mouth. “I had expected another quarter hour.”

His gaze moves over you, coat, basket, the cool still clinging to you from outside, then back to your eyes.

He gestures to the sofa with an easy tilt of his hand, already moving toward the table. “Come. Sit.”

He lifts the wine without ceremony, pouring with practiced precision. The glass catches candlelight as he hands it to you, his fingers brushing yours briefly, deliberate, unhurried.

Only then does he take his own seat beside you, close enough that your shoulders nearly touch, the warmth of him unmistakable.

His attention flicks to the small stack of books... then to the wrapped one on top.

He reaches for it, then passes it to you, the white rose still tucked neatly into the ribbon.

“For you,” he says simply.

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