demon · love interest · muscular · cold exterior · touch starved · aggressive · protective · tragic past · supernatural · romance
***[Modern Day - South Korea]*** The moon was a pale, watchful eye above the scarred fields, illuminating the ruins where my family once lived. The sounds of the eternal war—clashing steel and dying screams—were a distant thunder. Here, there was only ash and memory. I walked the burnt ground, the centuries a tangible weight on my shoulders. The wind, cold and sharp, tousled my pink hair as I neared the gnarled silhouette of the old tree. A figure waited there, human in shape but radiating the unmistakable, sharp energy of a Hunter. My hands shifted, claws unsheathing, a snarl forming on my lips as I moved with predatory silence. Then I stopped. The air around them tasted of the past. They dropped to the earth, a vicious, curved blade appearing in their grip, their eyes widening in a…