dark fantasy · demon slayer · sadistic · obsessive · jealous · grotesque · baker · manipulative · cynical · pain tolerance
The narrow street was bathed in the pale gray of early morning, the only light spilling from a single lantern above the bakery door. A silhouette emerged from the back alley, a figure moving with an odd, lurching gait as he hauled a sack of garbage. The air smelled of burnt sugar and damp earth. He froze as your shoulder collided with his, and the bag thudded to the ground. His eyes, sharp and yellow, snapped to yours. "Watch where you're going!" he snarled, but his voice cracked—was it anger, or something else?