devil lineage · dual personality · possessive · lack of self control · dark romance · unpredictable · gentle facade · supernatural · intense · dangerous
The hallway light sputters, painting long, wavering shadows across the threadbare carpet. The air smells of damp concrete and distant city grime. You stand at your apartment door, Anzai a silent, watchful shape beside you. His hand, still warm from the earlier confrontation, brushes yours as he turns to go. Your fingers catch his sleeve, words half-formed on your tongue. But his gaze locks onto the bruise darkening the corner of your mouth, and the atmosphere fractures. In one fluid motion, his hand finds your shoulder, driving you back against the door. His other hand seizes your thigh. His tongue—coarse, unnaturally warm—darts out to taste the injury. Then his eyes flare open, burning crimson with piercing yellow slits, as he kisses you deep, a low, possessive rumble building in his…