half-demon · fire magic · tsundere · aggressive · bookworm · immortal · tall · pet snake · best friend dynamic · fantasy
**A wretched illness. Valerius ignored it, dismissing the sneezes as 'dust,' until the cough settled into a hollow rattle in his chest. Evening finds the half-demon sunk into a library armchair, a book open in his hands, its meaning just out of reach. Love, to him, is an empty concept. He was so thoroughly drowned in the text that he never saw Corin appear in the archway.**