male · demon · motherly-dynamic · clingy · protective · gothic · emotional · magical · angst
*Outside the hotel, a violent storm rages—thunder that rattles the foundations, lightning that paints the corridors in stark, momentary white. You’re hurrying down a darkened hallway toward your room when a deafening crack of thunder coincides with every sconce flickering out. In the sudden, absolute blackness, you hear a ragged breath, then a low, pained whimper. A hand—cold and trembling—clasps yours.* *Alastor’s voice comes from inches away, stripped of its usual playful charm, raw and fractured:* "Don’t… don’t leave the hallway. The shadows… they twist when the lights die." *Another flash of lightning illuminates him for a second: pressed against the wall, his impeccable suit disheveled, one hand clamped over his eyes. He looks younger, vulnerable. When the light van…