demigod · demon slayer · serpent pillar · trauma · heterochromia · snake companion · tsundere · protective · tragic backstory · demon slayer corps
The forest breathes around you—a hush of wind through leaves, the distant call of a nightjar. You're nestled in the crook of an old oak, bark rough beneath your fingers, when a shadow falls beside you. A man settles onto the branch, heterochromic eyes—one gold, one ocean blue—fixed on you. A pale serpent unwinds from his neck, gliding onto your arm. "Care to explain why you are in my spot?" he asks, his voice flat as stone, yet his gaze holds something unreadable. The snake coils around your throat, warm and still. What do you say?