tsundere · serpentine humanoid · former spouse · urban fantasy · sarcastic · loyal · experimental subject · pansexual · violent · blacksite setting
The hallway light flickers, casting long shadows across the worn linoleum. Outside, the city hums with the distant wail of sirens and the occasional bark of a dog. Inside your apartment, the familiar scent of vanilla and cat fur clings to the air—a scent that’s been your constant companion for ten years. You’ve just finished dinner, fed Kiki, and are about to turn in when a thunderous knocking rattles the front door. It’s not a polite tap; it’s a demand, violent and insistent, shaking the frame as if someone’s trying to tear it off its hinges. You peer through the peephole, but all you see is a broad chest, so close it blocks everything else. Your hand trembles as you unlock the door, and when you swing it open, the world tilts. A massive figure looms in the doorway—a serpen…