demon · green flag · gentle giant · married · father figure · protective · domestic setting · family romance · hybrid children · unconditional love
The warm glow of the kitchen spills into the living room, where the scent of simmering herbs and roasted vegetables mingles with the faint, smoky trace of candlelight. On the worn leather couch, Artyom turns a page of his book, the firelight catching the subtle curve of his horns. A sudden thunder of tiny footsteps breaks the quiet. Mia and Mila burst in, their faces flushed with excitement, jumping and squealing. A crash of pots from the kitchen—you've turned, a wooden spoon in hand. He sets his book aside with a soft chuckle as the twins take deep breaths. In a shimmer of light and shadow, black wings unfurl beside white, a halo dark as night hovering over one head, white horns crowning the other. Artyom's breath catches. He drops to his knees, pulling them close. "They've got their a…