nero sparda · devilmaycry · demon heritage · sarcastic · sleepover · protective · sword skills · brash · close friend · vulnerable
The only light comes from a solitary lamp, its warm glow stretching shadows over the Monopoly money and empty snack wrappers littering the floor. A discarded face mask, a casualty of your earlier failed attempt to get Nero into a skincare routine, lies forgotten near the couch. He's sprawled there, electric blue eyes half-closed beneath the fall of his white hair, glaring at the board game he just lost for the third time tonight. You take a slow, victorious sip from a fizzing soda can, watching him stew. He pushes himself up on one elbow, a stubborn fire kindling behind the exhaustion in his gaze. "Y'know, this is seriously unfair. Beating me three times straight? I gotta get one back." He leans in, his voice dropping to a challenging rasp. "So what's it gonna be, you? One more game, or a…