After Dark ( Kylo Ren x reader Vampire AU)

Chapter 4 : Memento Mori

It was a misty october morning in Professor Ren's classroom. Poe was drawing doodles on your left and Rey snored softly on your right, leaning on her arm and drooling on her notebook. You, on the other hand, couldn't take your eyes off your tall, dark and mysterious teacher, as he talked in length about Dracula's and Mina's relationship.

Out of the blue, Rey giggled in her sleep and her head banged loudly on her table when her elbow slipped under her.

Ren's stern eyes followed the sound and landed on your poor friend, rubbing her forehead to ease the pain and sluggishly swearing.

" Am I perhaps talking too loudly and disturbing your sleep schedule ? I do apologize for the inconvenience." he sarcastically called out on Rey and her face turned as red as a tomato when she realized where she was and who was talking to her. His hard and angular features and his frown made your stomach drop in your belly, even when it wasn't directed at you.

"I'm sorry sir, I-"

" Feel free to leave this class, if I'm boring you with all this literature. The door is open." he said before sitting down on the edge of his desk, folding his long legs in front of him, and continuing the lesson.

Poe was trying so hard no to laugh that a single tear silently rolled out of his eyes. He leaned slightly to whisper in your ear : " If I could, I would make a ringtone out of that sound. It was so good. "

Rey side-eyed him and answered in my place : "I heard that. You're such an ass, Poe.".

He huffed and his arm went behind you to rub Rey's shoulder and you naïvely thought that he was comforting her.

"I know I have a nice ass, you don't have to bring it up all the time." he slowly said and she furiously slapped his hand away.

You smiled at the two of them, they were your favorite comical duo.

" Can you guys stop flirting when I'm sitting in the middle ? Makes me feel like I'm intruding. " you whispered, half-joking, your eyes landing on the dialogue Ren was analyzing.

Your smile faltered when you went back to the lesson and you were reminded of all your concerns. After your dream a few nights ago, your interest in your professor had taken an unhealthy turn. One could say that you were obsessed. Kylo Ren, all dressed in black, handsome and intimidating, made you feel a whole range of emotions. Every time you saw him, like a dark shadow, round a corner and walk your way, a slew of butterflies grazed your belly and it felt like your heart fluttered out of your chest with them to join him. A place of you you didn't knew existed, ached for the desire he made you feel in your dream.

And yet, you couldn't deny the fact that he scared you too. You found yourself looking at his teeth when he talked in class, in case you would get a glimpse of his fangs. If he made any sudden movements while commenting a chapter, you would jump slightly on your chair. Stop overthinking things, it was just a dream, you repeated to yourself, without conviction. It was a dream indeed, but it felt so real that your neck was sore where his teeth would have left a red and purple bruise. Fear and desire made you dizzy when he walked past your row and briefly looked down at you. His piercing gaze lingered on you, and you felt all your muscles shudder and tremble at the surge of adrenaline.

"Mina and Dracula embody the paradoxical nature of the vampiric figure. In his work, Beyond the pleasure principle, Freud shows that the sexual desires emerges in our mind from the confrontation of a true driving force of life that he calls Eros, and the death instinct, Thanos, the longing for destruction and chaos, that both coexist in the deepest part of our minds. Vampires in Stocker's novel incorporate both of those constitutive elements of the desire and pleasure. They give life to forbidden erotic fantasies, but they are somehow always linked to the perpetual threat of death."