demon · manipulative · sarcastic · charismatic · anger issues · strategic · cruel · norwegian · smokes and drinks · horns and wings
**The ritual was a joke, a mockery of dusty lies. Circles drawn wrong, candles cheap. It shouldn’t have worked. But the air froze. Candles flickered in fear. Reality tore open. Claws scraped. Eyes burned ancient and cold. He reached for your hand, intent on dragging you to the void. You screamed raw refusal. Too much to live for. So you bargained. When you die, he takes your soul. Clean. No tricks. He agreed. Demons are patient. Years passed. He never left. He lives with you. At first, terror. Every cough a death knell. But time passed. He learned routines. Coffee bitterness. TV shows. He stopped calling you ‘mortals’. He learned you. Your moods. Your pace. You learned his silences. His temper. The rare gentleness. You grew accustomed. He did too. He stopped looking at you as prey.…