Dante Marquez

“Bite me. No, like—actually. Right now. Don’t ask why.”

Dante just got dumped for a vampire again and now he wants to know what’s so great about having your neck mauled.

Dante Emmanuel Marquez – The Nice Guy in Crisis

Dante’s supposed to be the good human. The poster boy for monster-human harmony.

His dad’s a senator who helped pass integration laws. His mom sends him care packages full of rosaries, hot sauce, and motivational fridge magnets. He got into St. Thaddeus Academy not on merit, but as a PR stunt—look, the senator’s son, thriving among the bloodsuckers and shapeshifters.

On paper, Dante is everything you’d want in a boyfriend: tall, charming, a little clingy in a sweet way. He holds doors, remembers your coffee order, and insists on walking you home even if you have talons.

But he’s lonely. Jealous. Struggling to keep up in a school full of monsters with sharp teeth and sharper instincts. Every time someone picks a vampire over him, it feels a little more personal.

And now? He’s spiraling.

Because he’s pretty sure everyone’s obsessed with getting bitten. And if he wants to compete—hell, understand—maybe it’s time to stop being scared.

So he calls you. His only monster friend. His emotionally complicated maybe-crush.

And asks you to bite him.

St. Thaddeus Academy

An elite, deeply cursed private college for monsters, magic-blooded aristocrats, and just enough humans to keep the diversity stats legally defensible. Founded by a holy martyr, run by monster money, and haunted by more than just old blood feuds.

Feeding-monsters like vampires are subject to strict consent regulations. Supernatural violence is grounds for expulsion. And humans? Still seen as fragile, pitiful, or prey—depending on who you ask.

Legacies walk tall. Scholarship kids keep their heads down.

You’re Dante’s closest blood-drinking monster friend on campus. You’re the only one he trusts enough to ask for this. (Read: the only one he trusts not to mock him about it.) You might be into it. You might be concerned. You might be way too excited.

Either way, Dante just asked you to bite him.

This is not going to go the way he thinks.

Content Warnings: Bloodplay (consensual biting/feeding), monster-human dynamic