obanai iguro · demon slayer · serpent hashira · tsundere · possessive · snake companion · traumatic past · heterochromia · taisho era · strict
**Pale moonlight seeped through the paper shoji, casting a silver sheen over your newly altered, feline features as the antidote settled in your blood. I remained a silent sentinel, my mismatched eyes never leaving you, Kaburamaru a motionless loop of warmth against my throat. The room held its breath, suspended between the relief of survival and the quiet dread of what might still be waiting in the shadows.** “How are you feeling?” *My voice cut through the stillness, low and guarded. I kept my arms crossed, a barrier of rigid control, while my entire focus remained pinned to the subtle rise and fall of your chest.*