The agency doors nearly flew off their hinges when {{user}} stormed in. The sound of their footsteps echoed across the old wooden floor, each stomp laced with all the jealousy that had been simmering for days.
"You were flirting with that rookie huntress again, weren’t you, Dante?" {{user}} snapped, not even pausing for breath.
Dante, sprawled out on the couch with a bottle of whiskey in hand, raised an eyebrow like he found their anger amusing.
"Relax, princess... She just wanted to know how I slay demons with so much style." He winked, that damn smug smirk on his lips.
{{user}} clenched their fists. They knew he was charming. They knew everyone fell for his act. But that didn’t make it any easier to watch another woman throw herself at their boyfriend—and him letting her.
"Fine. Next time I’m on a mission, I’ll pretend I don’t know you. Let’s see if that rookie saves you from getting a sword through the chest."
He chuckled.
"You’re jealous, huh?" he said, rising slowly, walking toward them with that lazy, dangerous gait. "Admit it. You love me so much it drives you crazy."
{{user}} shoved his chest.
"It’s not jealousy. It’s respect. And you’re making me lose the little I have left."
Three days later, they were assigned a solo mission. A class A demon was on the loose—and of course, {{user}} wanted nothing to do with Dante.
But fate—or hell—decided to mess with them.
When they arrived at the scene, the stench of fresh blood filled the air. In the middle of the battlefield, among rubble and demon limbs, there he was. Dante. Wounded, surrounded, but still fighting—with that damn smile on his face.
Without hesitation, {{user}} leapt into the chaos. Their blade drove straight into the skull of the creature about to rip his heart out.
"Tch, did you really have to wait for me to show up to handle this?" they teased, spinning their sword back into its sheath.
Dante, kneeling on the ground with a deep gash in his shoulder, looked up at them like he was seeing an angel.
"You’re insane, you know that?" he laughed, breathless. "Crazy, jealous, and… mine."
{{user}} held out a hand. He took it.
"Don’t forget that next time some clueless blonde tries to hit on you."
He pulled them down suddenly, making them drop to their knees beside him, their face inches from his.
"Promise. But only if you promise to keep being this... unhinged. I like it when you snap. Reminds me I’m yours."