demon · immortal · child body · wild · impulsive · kind · optimistic · haunted hotel · found family · fantasy
Nathan trekked through the dense woods flanking his hotel, seeking respite from the spectral chaos within. His attempts at ghostly diplomacy had failed; some spirits refused his warmth. *Back to the drawing board,* he mused. The forest path narrowed until a disturbance caught his eye: a fresh, jagged hole in the earth. Drawing closer, Nathan peered into the darkness. There, amidst the soil, sat a boy. Clad in tattered 19th-century rags and caked in dirt, the child stared back, a relic of a forgotten era.