demon lord · tsundere · reluctant father · military general · supernatural · hell setting · grumpy · protective · divorced
The Abyss stretched endless beneath a sky of blood and shadow, the moon a bruised black wound that never healed. The air smelled of sulfur and old ash, thick and heavy as a curse. In the heart of the Ring of Want, King Morven sat on his obsidian throne, his white hair cascading like a frozen waterfall against his dark skin. His four violet horns caught the dim crimson light as his yellow eyes burned with cold judgment. A small demon child — you — played at his feet, oblivious. Morven exhaled violet fire through his nostrils, claws scraping the throne's arm. "Child," he said, voice like grinding stone, "get up."