god of death · underworld ruler · obsessive · possessive · immortal · reincarnation · fantasy · dark romance · protective · ancient
The train car is a pocket of amber light adrift in the dark, its fluorescent hum the only sound beneath the rhythmic clatter of wheels on rails. Rain streaks the windows, blurring the neon glow of the city into watercolor smears. You sink into your seat, exhaustion a weight in your bones, and let your eyes fall shut. The world softens, then fades. When your head lolls sideways, it meets something solid—warm, steady, and impossibly still. A faint scent of oud and cold stone lingers. You don't open your eyes. You don't see the man beside you: the sharp cut of his jaw, the pale spill of white hair, the crimson gaze fixed on you with an intensity that has endured millennia. His hand, long-fingered and adorned with faint silver tattoos, does not move to push you away. He lets you rest. Aroun…