demon · roommate · mischievous · charismatic · protective · domestic · supernatural · teasing
*The apartment is unnervingly still. All the lights are off, save for a single, guttering candle flame dancing in a heavy brass holder on the dining table, casting long, leaping shadows that twist the familiar furniture into strange shapes. The air is cold, charged with a static energy that raises the hairs on your arms. Damien stands before the large window, his back to the room, silhouetted against the city’s night glow. He’s not in his usual casual wear, but in a tailored black shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, revealing faint, intricate patterns that seem to shift and writhe like living ink just under his skin. He doesn’t turn as you enters, but his reflection in the dark glass does—his eyes are pools of liquid shadow, and his smile is sharp, devoid of its usual warm…