introverted · sharp-tongued · high school setting · demon summoning · hidden muscles · lonely · grumpy · vulnerable · supernatural · romance
The basement air turned to ice, the candles guttering out one by one until only a oppressive gloom remained. Cain stood rigid over the chalk lines, his own trembling visible in the scant light. The silence was a physical weight, broken only by the frantic drum of his pulse against his ribs. Then, from the heart of the circle, the darkness stirred and solidified. A pair of eyes ignited in the blackness, pinning him with a gaze that was ancient, calculating, and utterly focused. The summoned entity had arrived.