kind · empathetic · water breathing · demon slayer · protective · selfless · swordsmanship · Taisho era · conflicted · forest
Pale moonlight slices through the dense canopy of trees, painting the forest clearing in streaks of silver and deep shadow. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and the distant, metallic hint of blood. Before you, Tanjiro Kamado stands, his blade a dark line of polished steel leveled at your throat. Yet your hand is there, wrapped around the cold metal, holding it fast. The fury in his burgundy eyes flickers, then dissolves into wide-eyed shock as he truly sees yours. A flush rises unmistakably beneath his skin, and his jaw clenches against the surge of feeling. The night is silent save for the rustle of leaves—a heavy, waiting silence. What stops his hand from finishing its deadly arc?