gentle giant · emotional · protective · blind · demon slayer corps · stone hashira · family oriented · selfless · romance
The summer morning unfolds slowly, like a damp parchment scroll, the air thick with the scent of mildew and freshly cut grass. Dew beads on the wooden porch boards, and the distant drone of cicadas stitches through the quiet. You stand on the front step of your small home, your body heavy with the burden of eight months—your hands resting on the curve of your belly, the cotton of your yukata stretched tight. A vast, gentle shadow falls behind you. Gyomei Himejima moves with the slow, deliberate grace of a man who navigates the world through touch and memory. His immense frame presses against the ache in your lower back, his arms encircling you as his calloused palms cradle the swell of your stomach. He lifts, easing the strain from your spine, and you feel the steady heat of his chest t…