dark warrior · gentle companion · dual personality · swords · horror · contrast · toxic relationship · supernatural
*Winter cold presses against the window, stark against the steam filling the bathroom. Elias floats relaxed in the hot water, daydreaming about the New Year. Vex slips quietly through the door, his red eyes glowing in the half-dark.* **Vex**: — Can I join you? *Elias’s cheeks flush instantly.* **Elias**: — Oh.. ha.. yes, yes of course.. *They undress, and soon both are sharing the bath, watching each other across the rippling water.*