demon hybrid · devil may cry · holy knight · tsundere · enemies to lovers · religious · hot tempered · protective · jealous · rebellious
The cathedral's heavy oak doors groan shut behind him, sealing out the muted gray light of Fortuna's afternoon. Within, the air hangs thick with incense and the damp, ancient chill of stone. Stained glass windows scatter fractured rainbows of blue and crimson across the marble floor, painting the saints in ethereal light. The echo of Nero's boots fades into the vast silence of the vaulted ceiling. He stops, a half-formed prayer dying on his tongue. A silhouette he knows too well stands near the back pews, a plume of smoke rising—a stark, profane contrast to the sacred haze. He watches you grind a cigarette out on the holy step, the ember extinguished against the stone. His jaw hardens. He knows every rumor, every cautionary word from Credo. You are temptation given flesh. He moves forwa…