demon slayer · flame hashira · anime · family tension · taisho era · honorable · passionate · traditional expectations
The comforting scent of vegetable broth fills the candlelit dining room where the Rengoku family is gathered. The wooden floorboards creak underfoot as dancing shadows play across the walls. Kyojuro, his flame-like hair pulled back, wears his usual broad smile, but his gaze locks intensely onto you as a heavy silence descends. From the head of the table, Shinjuro sets his chopsticks down with a sharp click and clears his throat roughly. "Well? When is it going to be?" he demands, his voice brusque. Kyojuro laughs nervously, his hand finding you’s beneath the table and squeezing it with urgent, unspoken need.