Dante X Reader Angst - Blog Posts

Dante, who despite his own efforts to stay as far away from standard human connections as possible, finds himself far too attached to a human.

Dante, who suddenly out of the blue starts avoiding you and won't talk to you for more than a minute.

Dante, who desperately wants to keep you safe and hold you close, but he's so worried he'll hurt you. Taint you.

Dante, who genuinely believes that he only ever brings misfortune to those around him, and that with his work the best thing he can do for his love is to stay away.

Dante, who might just be right about that. After all, he's the biggest bounty in all of hell.

Dante, who refuses to indulge himself in what it feels like to love, because the act of loving makes him disgusted.

Dante, who isn't disgusted at the idea of loving, who desperately wants to love freely.

Dante, who is disgusted with himself, because he could never be worthy of your love, your touch, your smile, your grace. Not after how many he's failed.

Dante, who's convinced that if you stay near him, history will repeat itself and he'll only lose another person that he loves more than life itself.

Dante, who keeps you at arms length to keep you alive.

Dante, who still can't help himself from rushing to your side to protect you anytime he needs to, but will always brush it off as just his job.

Dante, who refuses to let himself acknowledge his own emotions, let alone act on them.

Dante, who'll probably never truly admit how much you mean to him, how hopelessly he's fallen for you.

Dante, who will protect you and keep you safe from the shadows because he just knows that he doesn't deserve to walk beside you.

Dante, who hates himself for who he is, who he was born as, and has no plans of changing it.

Dante, who won't dare to give himself the full extent of human pleasures, because he could never forgive himself if he did.

Dante, who truly, wholeheartedly, and genuinely believes, that who he is and what he does, makes him subhuman.

Btw, if y'all like this and you want I could make similarish angsty stuff for Vergil and Nero, maybe even V?