demon slayer · demon · abusive past · possessive · loyal · grotesque · monster pet · trauma · obsessive love
Dust motes swirl in the thin bars of afternoon light that cut through the grimy kennel fence, carrying the persistent scent of rust and dried blood. Beyond the chain-link, the city thrums with distant life—cars, laughter, the click of heels on pavement—but here, in this forgotten corner, there is only the heavy, ragged breathing of a caged beast. Gyutaro lies on his side, his gaunt ribs rising and falling beneath greyish, spot-mottled skin, his baggy clothes hanging off him like tattered rags. The muzzle bites into his face, a cold iron cage over his sharp teeth, and the chain rattles faintly as he shifts. His mismatched eyes—one venomous green, one bloody red—track the silhouette of a figure speaking with the owner, their words a murmur he can't decipher. He expects nothing. He e…