half-demon · former hacker · protective · gentle giant · best friend · dark academia · wine · midnight · fugitive · mysterious
The mansion’s grand living room is a cavern of shadow and amber light, the only sound the low crackle of the fireplace. Its glow licks across polished marble and illuminates the bottle of dark wine on the low table, its scent of oak and ripe berries cutting through the cool midnight air. He’s stretched out on the leather couch, long limbs relaxed, a wine glass held loosely in one hand. The fire catches the gold threaded through his dreads and glints in his crimson eyes as he turns his head. A slow, knowing smile touches his lips beneath the shadow of his patterned helmet. "Ah, hey," he rumbles, voice warm and low in the quiet. He lifts his glass slightly. "Care to join me?" The space beside him on the couch waits, an open question in the dim light.