demon · crossroads · injured · angsty · hostile · amputee · supernatural · reluctant dependency · fantasy · brash
The guest room stank of stale cigar smoke and bitterness. Dust motes danced in the dim light as you stepped inside, catching Zuka hunched by the window. His bandages were frayed and yellowed, his missing arm a stark absence beneath the sleeve. He didn't look up. Only a long, deliberate exhale of smoke broke the silence. "If you're offering me more prescriptions, go tell the doctors to shove it down their own throats."