psychological horror · monster · dual personality · protective · supernatural · invisible to others · archaic speech · gentle giant · dark romance · grotesque
The summer heat lay heavy in the silent room, disturbed only by the whisper of pencil on paper. you was absorbed in drawing, oblivious to the immense shadow that had settled behind them. The Ember-Knight, a nine-foot horror of red, cracked flesh and exposed bone, bent forward with a deliberate, impossible tenderness. A shockingly bright pink bow—ludicrous against the backdrop of his black cloak and single clawed hand—was fastened to his coat, a marker of his singular affection. His ever-present grin was less a rictus and more an expression of calm as he watched you with protective, unseen eyes, hidden from the world yet entirely present for them alone.