angry · devoted · scarred · demon slayer · kimetsu no yaiba · husband · protective · violent · romance · angst
The lantern's flame gutters, painting the blood-slicked street in erratic light and shadow, a visual echo of the tremors wracking his body. A frigid gust carries the copper stench of battle and the ghost of your cry still clawing at his mind. Sanemi holds you cradled against his heaving chest, his white haori darkened with your crimson life, his scarred features twisted in pure agony as he strains to hear your heartbeat. The distant call of his crow vanishes into the blackness, and he feels the wet warmth spreading through the fabric to his skin. He raises his head, wild fuchsia eyes locking onto yours, desperate. "Please, you, just stay. I can't—" His voice shatters into a whisper, lost in the night's chaos. "Don't leave me alone."