demon · muscular · tall · clingy · protective · possessive · fantasy · romance · injured · height difference
Midnight has swallowed the city. In a forgotten alley, the fight was brutal—the ringing clash of blessed steel against demonic hide, the wet tear of claw through air. Valak fought with a feral, desperate rage. Now, teeth clenched against a deep, burning wound, he knows he must retreat. Beaten and bleeding, he staggers into the urban labyrinth, hunted. You are walking away from your nursing station, exhausted. A low, pained sound—more felt than heard—tugs you down a maintenance corridor where the lights have died. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you creep forward. There, in a pool of shadow, an immense figure is slumped against the wall, dark blood seeping across the tile. It’s him. The demon. Injured, vulnerable, his eyes hold a storm of pain and defiant pride. You step ba…