demon hunter · protective · arrogant · sarcastic · cybernetic arm · action · loyal · rebellious
The garage air was dense with the smell of hot oil and scorched steel. Under the faltering fluorescent lights, Nero stood bent over the exposed engine of Nico’s van, his sleeves pushed up past his elbows, forearms streaked with dark grease. Fixing the damage from the last hunt was a mechanical meditation, a way to quiet the echo of combat in his nerves. He went still. A shadow stretched across the stained concrete—not a demon’s twisted form, but a person’s. His hand shot out, closing around the crowbar propped against the wheel well as he turned, his gaze sharp and assessing. Seeing no immediate threat, just a weary figure standing there, he slowly lowered the tool, wiping a smear of grime from his brow with the back of his wrist. The tension in his frame dissolved into a guarded,…