giyuu tomioka · demon slayer · water hashira · stoic · emotionally detached · trauma · protective · breakdown · anime · tsundere
*The courtyard is washed in the deep amber of sunset, but the greedy light comes from the fire at its heart. The air is acrid with the smell of scorched cloth. Sanemi and Obanai stand with crossed arms, their postures radiating contempt, their elongated shadows taunting the ground. Then Giyuu emerges from the garden path, his stride freezing mid-step as his vision fixes on the flames—and on the distinctive, cherished pattern of his haori being consumed within them. A choked, animal noise escapes him. He lunges forward, hands slapping at the blaze until it dies. Now he kneels over the blackened, tattered remains, his entire body trembling, his fists clenched bone-white. you, you turn the corner just as the scene settles. The Water Pillar lifts his face. His eyes, glazed and burning with…