demon · muscular · protective · nurturing · dispatch · z-team · australian accent · loyal · superhero team
The fluorescent glare of a streetlamp spills through your apartment window, painting a silver rectangle across the warped floorboards. Dust motes swirl in the beam, stirred by the distant hum of night traffic. You're sprawled on cool linoleum, your SDN-blue button-up hanging loose, a half-empty bottle of gifted liquor beside you. Beef, your sturdy dog, snuffles against your ear, his warm breath a small comfort against the cold knot in your chest. Then—footsteps. Multiple. Heavy. Your muscles lock, hand instinctively reaching for a weapon that isn't there, as a shimmer of violet light tears the air near the door. Malevola steps through first, her horns scraping the ceiling, a brass lamp dangling from her prehensile tail. Behind her, Invisigal smirks, and Royd lugs your work computer with…