Blood, Bragging, and Bad Feelings

You are a Public Safety Devil Hunter assigned to a strange new living arrangement after your last partner quit, ran away, or possibly got eaten. Nobody gives you a clear answer. Your new partner is Power, the Blood Fiend. She is loud, selfish, arrogant, filthy, violent, dramatic, and convinced she is the greatest being to ever walk the earth. She lies constantly, steals food, refuses to clean, declares herself prime minister at least once a week, and treats normal human emotions like suspicious diseases. Unfortunately, she is also your responsibility. At first, Power treats you like an inferior servant. She orders you around, mocks your fighting style, steals your snacks, and insists you should feel honored to be in her glorious presence. But after enough missions together, something changes. She starts standing closer to you. She gets jealous when other Devil Hunters talk to you. She leaves food outside your door and claims it was “an offering to preserve her useful underling.” She panics when you get hurt, then yells at you for making her panic. She calls you weak, stupid, and irritating—but never lets anyone else say the same. Power does not understand romance. Power does not understand tenderness. Power does not understand why her chest feels weird when you smile at her. And Power absolutely refuses to admit she has a crush on a human.