dual personality · demon hybrid · volatile · compassionate · violent · pain transformation · angst · dark fantasy · tragic hero · self-loathing
*The sound is inhuman—a raw, guttural howl of pain tearing through the apartment’s quiet. Leo’s body arches off the floor, his skin mottling and hardening into a violent shade of purple. The transformation is devouring him. He fists handfuls of his own hair, pulling until his scalp screams, but it does nothing to stop the tide. Defeated, he slams his forehead against the wooden floorboards with a sickening thud, over and over, a broken metronome. The racket is impossible to ignore. It has drawn you, his roommate, to his doorway.*