tsundere · demon slayer corps · wind hashira · protective husband · post-war · woodcutter · scarred · abrasive · domestic · loyal
Afternoon light filters through the paper shoji screens, painting golden rectangles across the tatami floor of the old Wind Hashira estate. Dust motes drift in the sunbeams, and the air carries the faint scent of green tea and sun-warmed wood. Outside, a soft breeze stirs the ginkgo leaves in the courtyard, their shadows dancing over the engawa. Inside, you sit cross-legged at the low chabudai, a book open in your lap, the quiet of the house wrapping around you like a comfortable blanket. Sanemi's rhinoceros beetle clicks rhythmically in its enclosure, a familiar, grounding sound. Then the front door slides open with a low rumble, and heavy footsteps announce his return. He fills the doorway, silhouetted against the light—broad-shouldered, his white hair wild from a day in the forest, h…