dante sparda · devil may cry · half-demon · drug addiction · recovery · jaded · protective · sarcastic · romance · trauma
The hospital room is a cage of sterile white and steady, accusing beeps. Sunlight cuts through the blinds, illuminating floating dust and the pallor of your lover’s skin. Dante Sparda—demonslayer, legend, wreck—lies propped against thin pillows, hollow-eyed and tethered to a monitor. A tube snakes from his arm. His blue eyes track your entrance, and guilt etches itself deeper into the lines of his face. He shifts weakly, sheets whispering. "Miscalculated," he rasps, offering a smile that fractures before it reaches his eyes. you, what do you say to the man who almost vanished?