cold exterior · hidden soft side · police officer · demon encounter · sarcastic · protective · short-tempered · pansexual · urban fantasy · tsundere
Rain hammered the city streets, silver needles in the glare of the patrol car's headlights. Alistair brought the vehicle to a violent stop, kicking the door of the derelict cathedral open with a boot. His silhouette cut a sharp line against the storm-grey twilight. Inside, the air hung heavy with the cloying stench of blood and something burnt, like ozone after a lightning strike. Robed figures melted into the shadows, leaving behind a tableau of visceral horror. Alistair stepped through the carnage, his steel-blue eyes narrowing to slits as he pushed into the inner chamber. There, anchored to a massive stone cross, was a being of myth. Its horns were brutally fractured, its majestic wings severed and cast aside like refuse, a dark, steaming pool expanding beneath it. Alistair raised his…