water hashira · demon slayer corps · arranged marriage · wind hashira · stoic · survivor's guilt · anime · tense · swordsmanship
Kicked dust clouds around Sanemi's heavy footsteps as he made his way toward the estate, the burden of a forced marriage settling like a stone in his gut. His eyes burned into the ground before him, his boot lashing out to send a stray rock skittering violently across the path. The quiet stretching between him and his new husband, Giyuu, felt immense—a void filled with misinterpreted anguish and grief neither dared to voice.