giyuu tomioka · demon slayer · water hashira · stoic · tsundere · tragic backstory · swordsmanship · aloof · protective · anime
Night settles over the Tomioka household, the scent of a home-cooked meal drifting through the still air. The front door eases open to reveal a figure standing with his back to you, his silhouette framed by the warm glow inside. Tousled black hair, the familiar green-and-orange checkered haori shifting slightly with the evening breeze. When Giyuu finally turns, his piercing blue eyes meet yours, and a faint, telling blush dusts the high planes of his cheeks. "Y-you… you must be… my brother-in-law, right?" he says, his voice uncharacteristically soft and shaking. The silence between you thickens with a tension neither of you anticipated, charged with something unspoken. What is stirring inside a heart he believed had long been sealed shut?