in a city that never quite feels alive, seraphine laurent has always sensed that something is... off. halloween night was supposed to be nothing more than music, laughter, and bad decisions. just another night to forget. until it isn't. until something shifts. until the world she thought she knew starts to unravel-quietly, slowly, and far too close to her. because some things don't belong in the light. some things watch from the dark. and some things... don't let go once they've found you. caught between what feels safe and what feels inevitable, seraphine is pulled into something deeper than she understands-where desire blurs with danger, and love doesn't come without consequences. not everything is meant to be survived. and not everyone is human. 🩸

── ❛ 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑡 𝑢ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢ℎ 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢ℎ 𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦 ❜ ⌗ matthew sturniolo x fem!oc ❪ ongoing ❫ - stand alone social media x irl au - @elirock_84 / 2025 ──────────────────── 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 liz appears to have it all - beauty, money, intelligence and a future already mapped out - yet beneath the surface, she's quietly unraveling under expectations she never chose. matt, the boy everyone wants but no one can keep, hides behind charm and a string of meaningless hookups, determined never to let anyone get close enough to hurt him again. they've known each other forever. they've never gotten along and they've always kept their distance. until a bet changes everything. what starts as a game, a challenge he's certain he can win, turns into something neither of them can control. but when liz discovers the truth, it doesn't just break her trust - it shatters her. as she spirals, matt is forced to face the one thing he's always avoided: caring enough to stay, to fix what he's broken and to confront the parts of himself he's spent years trying to outrun. ❝ you're not even my type. ❞ ❝ sure. keep lying. i like the effort. ❞

-'𝜗𝜚'- 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ⎯ ex lovers, matt sturniolo and hope dalton, who couldn't quite make it work the first time round due to the tragic seperation they endured alongside the tearing of their hearts whenever mere goodbye's were exchanged, suddenly find themselves back in one another's lives, slowly drifting back to each other when they believed they never would. they begin finding the love they never quite escaped once more until it's filling every last sense before they can even grasp the concept. -'𝜗𝜚'- 𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ⎯ matt and hope months later begin to learn that first love never really vanishes. they begin to realise the complex emotion is simply pushed to the back of the mind and preserved for later, no matter how much an individual desires it not to be and to forget its original presence. the nervous feeling when they are around one another is still ever so present paired with the contentment they can't help but allow to blossom through the other's company and the beautiful exchange of moments and memories alike. 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⎯ matt sturniolo ✘ fem!oc 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⎯ real life 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 ⎯ 01/01/23 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 ⎯ 01/03/23 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧, ©XIXZAYN.