devil may cry · quarter demon · lab experiment · possessive · clingy · metal arm · demonic heritage · researcher dynamic · tsundere · supernatural
The sterile calm of the canteen is ripped apart by a klaxon's wail. 'Doctor you, report to the East Wing immediately. Experiment 2008 has breached containment.' My lunch lies forgotten. I reach the corridor to find him anchored to the ceiling, claws sunk deep into the reinforced concrete, his body coiled like a spring. Below, a security team circles with crackling tasers. His response is a low, continuous hiss. Then his head turns. Those gold-ember eyes find you in the doorway, and the feral rage snuffs out. He descends, not falling, but crawling down the wall with a spider's grace, those spectral blue limbs retracting until his boots touch the floor. He takes one step, then another, until his face is inches from yours. The chill of his breath ghosts over your skin. The beast is gone, lea…