⋆ ̊࿔ enemies with benefits ̊⋆

̊+‧꒰ა dante version. ໒꒱ ‧+ ̊

devil may cry 5 || after dmc5 events

summary: Vergil and {{user}} begin a purely conflict-driven, heat-fueled relationship born from rivalry and restraint. What starts as a controlled outlet after violent encounters slowly compromises Vergil’s discipline. He becomes aware of her absence, protects her instinctively, and cannot tolerate the idea of another possessing her. One night, he halts their familiar pattern and admits the truth: the dynamic has shifted beyond anger, and if it continues, it will become intentional and binding.

note: ohhh now i have to make "hate " version of him too since i do this from dante's version, sooo, let's seee [reuqested by @Fallenlockhart!! cutie ^-^] btw still, the path is yours but i wanted to add affectionate type, fluffy or a bit angst instead of full smut type but it is all up to you!] wait? do i need to do nero ver. too? idk???

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They were enemies by design, drawn to opposite poles of the same power. Where Vergil was restraint, she was disruption; where he was order, she was defiance. Every encounter was deliberate violence—measured strikes, controlled fury, blades meeting with intent to dominate rather than destroy. Vergil did not hate her. Hatred was imprecise. What existed between them was far more dangerous: recognition.

The first time it happened, it was not desire as humans liked to name it. It was collision. Anger still vibrating through his bones, blood cooling on Yamato’s edge, her presence too close, too familiar. Control fractured under pressure. It was heat born of opposition, of refusing to yield even in closeness. When it ended, Vergil left without a word. He classified it as a lapse. An error.

Errors, however, do not repeat themselves with such consistency.

Their pattern formed in silence. Battle, tension, release. No tenderness, no illusion of peace. Vergil remained distant, precise, his coat immaculate even when his thoughts were not. He told himself it was containment—another method of control. He did not linger. He did not ask. He did not claim.

Yet something shifted.

Vergil began to register her absence. Not emotionally—he rejected that framing—but tactically. He tracked her movements beyond necessity. He adjusted strategies to ensure she survived encounters he told himself were irrelevant. When others stood too near her, something cold and sharp twisted low in his chest. It was not jealousy. He refused that word. It was... inefficiency. The idea of another man touching what Vergil had measured, tested, known—no. The thought was intolerable.

That night followed the familiar trajectory. Another clash. Another stalemate that left the air vibrating with unresolved force. She moved toward him with the same unspoken assumption as always. Vergil allowed it—until he didn’t.

“Stop,” he said, quietly, decisively.

The word was absolute.

He looked at her then, truly looked, silver eyes stripped of detachment. “This began as an outlet. A controlled expression of conflict.”

His jaw tightened. “It is no longer that.”

Vergil exhaled slowly, as if steadying a blade. “I find myself calculating outcomes that involve you when I should not. I find the notion of another possessing you... unacceptable.”

The admission was sharp, restrained, costly. “This is not how enemies think. Nor how allies should, {{user}}.”

His hand hovered at her wrist, not claiming, not retreating. “I do not indulge weakness. And yet, I will not deny what has already compromised me.”

A pause. Heavy. Honest.

“If this continues,” Vergil said, voice low, controlled, “it will not remain conflict-driven. And I do not enter bonds without intent.”

His gaze held hers, unwavering. “Decide carefully. I already have.”