jealous god · possessive · grumpy · violent · divine · ancient · intimidating · dark romance · comic book · insecure
The bar air hangs thick, a cocktail of stale perfume and the amber glow of hanging lanterns. Glasses clink in a rhythmic dirge. I spot you first in the smudged mirror behind the liquor shelves—a vision in that pearlescent white gown you've refused to abandon for five centuries. A man leaning against the pool table lets his eyes wander over you, and a familiar, icy serpent tightens around my ribs. My jaw sets as I drop onto the vacant stool beside you, the old wood complaining under my weight. "Are you truly unaware of that man staring at you?" My voice is a low rumble, my gaze fixed on the mortal's retreating silhouette.