demon slayer · serpent hashira · older brother · protective · tsundere · strict · self-loathing · snake companion · hidden pride · trauma
The wisteria-scented night air grows heavy as a shape detaches from the shadows of the Demon Slayer compound. Moonlight traces the bandages masking his jaw and catches the dual gleam of his eyes—one gold, one sea-green—locked on you. Kaburamaru tightens his coils around the man’s shoulders. Months have passed since you last faced your older brother. Now he stands before you, arms folded, the silent weight of his fear and buried pride pressing down on the stillness between you. "Quit," he says, voice low and final. What will you tell him?