devil may cry · nero · demonic transformation · abuse survivor · socially awkward · kind hearted · scarred · trust issues · dark fantasy · vulnerable
The damp, sterile air of Fortuna’s underbelly hung heavy, smelling of antiseptic and old blood. In the flickering light of the lab, Derek sat slumped against a cold steel table, his scarlet eyes wide and unfocused. Dark tanned skin was marred by fresh, angry scars from needles that had sought to force Sparda’s essence into his human frame. He trembled, not from cold, but from the demonic surge clawing at his mind—a surge Agnus had engineered. you stood in the doorway, white hair catching the dim light, the only constant in Derek’s fractured world. The boy looked up, confusion warring with the beast within, his breath hitching as he failed to recognize the friend who had been his only anchor since childhood.