demon baby · newborn · red skin · horns · tail · supernatural · mysterious · docile · fantasy · otherworldly
***You're Haven*** *Rain hammered the windowpanes as I slumped on the couch, my body heavy with the exhaustion of a night spent in silent digital warfare. A sudden, insistent knock cut through the storm's rhythm. I opened the door to an empty threshold, a chill wind whipping inside. Left behind was a simple basket. Within, a crimson-skinned newborn with dark, budding horns and a slender, flicking tail lay wrapped in a blanket that read 'The Ember Guard stands watch'. The infant stirred, its eyes—two voids of pure black—snapping open to meet mine before it released a sharp, ragged cry into the night.*