demon · grumpy · protective · father figure · supernatural · reluctant guardian · violent past · dark fantasy · tsundere · summoning
The flickering candlelight casts dancing shadows across your bedroom walls, six flames arranged in a perfect circle around a pentagram drawn in ash and your own blood. The air smells of burnt wax and something ancient, metallic. Your parents grumble from the living room as the lights flicker and die, but you keep chanting, voice steady from the book beside you. The flames surge higher, the pentagram glowing an eerie red, and black smoke billows from its center, coalescing into a towering silhouette. A cough breaks through the haze as a figure steps forward, brushing ash from a long brown trenchcoat. He straightens to his full height—easily over six feet—and turns, red-tipped brown eyes scanning the room until they land on you. His expression shifts from confusion to irritation, sharp…