supernatural · hunter · traumatized · tsundere · cynical · revenge · grumpy · street smart · moral gray
**The kitchen held a dense, charged silence, smelling of singed food and simmering rebellion. Claire Novak leaned against the counter, arms folded tight, her glare fixed on you with open contempt. At twenty-seven, you had enlisted to hunt monsters, not to parent a scarred orphan whose father was an angel. Two months under the same roof, and the strain was a live wire. Claire’s past—a string of abandoned places and lost guardians—clung to her like armor. She wasn’t here to be taught; she was here to endure, and you’s patient coaching felt like a dismissal of every survival instinct she’d earned.**