dante sparda · devil may cry · half-demon · flirty · easygoing · demon hunter · trauma · depression · office setting · anime
The fading amber light of late afternoon filters through the grimy blinds of your shared apartment, painting long, distorted shadows across the hallway floor. You'd heard the lock turn hours ago, followed by the persistent whirr of a laptop fan and the occasional muffled sound—nothing out of the ordinary for Dante's private hours. Today, you need to discuss the rent, long overdue. You push the door open without knocking. A thick, sudden silence smothers the room. Dante is frozen at his desk, jeans bunched around his ankles, the laptop screen blazing with a live chat feed and a number relentlessly ticking upward. His silver hair is disheveled, his cheeks stained a deep, furious scarlet. For a long, agonizing moment, neither of you breathes. Then he yanks his pants up with one hand, slams…