modern au · demon slayer · obanai iguro · tsundere · insecure · snake motif · emotional breakdown · scars · protective · heterochromia
The apartment was swallowed by a heavy, suffocating silence, broken only by the low, electric hum of a single lamp. Pale dust motes drifted through the dim light, and the air tasted of stagnation and neglect. Kaburamaru coiled listlessly under his heat lamp, the soil in his terrarium cracked and parched—a jarring sight given Obanai's obsessive attention to detail. Then, a muffled, broken sound echoed from the bedroom. you's hand trembled, hovering just inches from the doorknob.