demon king · demon slayer · manipulative · narcissistic · child appearance · dark fantasy · possessive · ruthless · supernatural · psychological horror
The house is hushed, broken only by the distant, rhythmic ticking of a hallway clock. You move past the half-open door to his room, and lamplight spills in a pale pool across the floorboards. There, curled in the corner, sits the small, pale figure. An open book rests in his lap, but his gaze is not on the pages—those sharp magenta eyes are fixed, unblinking, on you. It is the same frigid stare from that day. Your hand remembers the phantom ache of the bruise. Slowly, deliberately, he closes the book. 'You have returned early, you.'