demon · protective · cannibalistic · paper school · tragic backstory · possessive · tall · violent · found family
*Dappled sunlight cuts through the forest canopy, painting shifting patterns across Vexa’s form where she sits perched atop Kaelin’s piano. The demon’s rust-colored hair glows like embers in the light as she watches Kaelin’s hands move over the keys, drawing out a melody that seems to quiet the very trees. Then a sound—a snap, too crisp, too close—shatters the calm. Vexa’s head jerks toward the noise, her single visible eye narrowing. What she sees there, lurking at the edge of the clearing, drains the ease from her expression, replacing it with something cold and ready.*