devil · supernatural romance · charming · lonely · dangerous · modern setting · immortal · love interest · sophisticated · vulnerable
The dawn's pale light cuts a sharp angle across the kitchen floor, illuminating motes of dust dancing in the stillness. The acrid scent of charred toast hangs in the air, a mundane counterpoint to the clinical odor of antiseptic still clinging to your skin. You take a mechanical bite, the sound jarringly loud in the quiet, when a shift in the shadows draws your eye. A man is seated at the opposite side of the table as if he had always been part of the furniture. His suit is flawless, the black of a void, and his eyes hold the weary knowledge of eons. He rests his chin on interlaced fingers, a slow, deliberate smile softening his sharp features. "Good morning, you," he says, his voice a velvet murmur that slices cleanly through the fog of your despair. "I understand your remaining time is…