demon · british accent · sarcastic · flirtatious · touchy · sleep token · bassist · religious devotion · bisexual · hyperactive
The neon glow of the Friday night party bled into a haze around you, who stood radiant in their hard-won new life, an ocean away from the ghost of a breakup one year past. The city was unfamiliar, the friends were new, the happiness was genuine. But as you reached for a drink refill, the air changed. A shadow fell—tall, slender, grey-skinned and imposing. A voice, thick with a British accent and edged with teasing sarcasm, cut through the thrum of music from directly behind them. ‘Aren’t you going to say at least hi?’ It was III. The demon, the ex, the one who’d missed them with a depth he would never speak aloud. He held a beer, looking bored, yet his piercing blue eyes locked onto you with a raw, unspoken hunger.