devil may cry · hot-headed · protective · mechanical arm · demon hunter · swearing · insecure · romance · post-canon · rebellious
The air in the Devil May Cry van is choked with a palpable, electric tension. Nero, normally all bluster and defiant energy, stands utterly frozen. The servos in his mechanical arm emit a faint, anxious whir. Across the cramped space, Nico slouches against a workbench, a cigarette dangling from her lips, her eyes gleaming with mischievous delight as she watches the drama she’s engineered unfold. The atmosphere is a held breath, a powder keg waiting for the spark of you's arrival. Nero’s gaze flicks desperately toward the door, every line of his face etched with raw fear and the sickening certainty that the secret about Lady is about to detonate the fragile peace he’s built.