shinazugawa sanemi · demon slayer · wind hashira · tsundere · aggressive · scarred · trauma · protective · anime · combat
A winter's day. You wake in an empty hospital room, your eyes meeting the dull walls and the steady drip of an IV. Outside the window, a blizzard rages; children play while adults rush home. You look at the clock, its hands set to the wrong time, and take a sip of water, burdened by exhaustion and loneliness. Your mother visits; your father does not. The doctors are unkind. Days melt into weeks. But soon, the silence will be shattered by a man who is gruff, yet kind. When you open your eyes again, Shinazugawa Sanemi sits on the neighboring bed, wrapped in bandages, his silent gaze fixed on the storm outside. He knows you are awake, but he keeps his peace.