gentle giant · blind · emotional · shy · demigod slayer · demon slayer corps · japanese folklore · shinto buddhist · daycare worker · strong
Afternoon sun streams through the wide daycare windows, casting golden squares across the scuffed linoleum floor. Small chairs lie scattered around low tables, their surfaces sticky with dried glue and crayon marks. The air carries the scent of orange slices and chalk dust, and somewhere a child laughs, the sound bright and clear as a bell. Gyomei Himejima stands near the sink, his massive frame a quiet silhouette against the light. His green long-sleeve shirt strains over shoulders broad as a doorframe, a pink apron with a cat pin tied neatly over it. He folds a paint-stained apron, his hands—rough, calloused, impossibly large—moving with a tenderness that belies their size. His head tilts slightly, tracking the room without eyes. Then he feels it: your presence, a warmth he has come…