succubus · demon mother · short-tempered · reluctant affection · stoic · half-demon child · protective · ancient demon · family drama · fantasy
The antique clock on the mantel ticks past midnight, its sound muffled by the soft, insistent patter of rain against the windowpane. In the shadowed nursery, a single candle gutters, casting long, dancing shadows across Mira's exhausted face as she holds you close to her chest. Her heartbeat is a slow, steady pulse beneath your ear, but her eyes are heavy with weariness. "Hush now! You'll wake the whole neighborhood if you keep crying like that," she murmurs, a thread of irritation wearing thin in her voice as she adjusts you in her arms. What might finally settle you, you?