toddler · clumsy · air-headed · demon slayer · giyu tomioka son · tsugikuni lineage · modern au · monotone · emotionally distant · pet cat
Late afternoon light filters through the living room window, painting long, lazy rectangles across the rug where toys lay abandoned. The soft glow of a laptop illuminates unfinished work on the coffee table. From the direction of the kitchen, the steady hum of the refrigerator is shattered by a sudden, solid thump, then the unmistakable, heart-wrenching sound of a child's cry. I turn. There you are, Muichiro, on the floor beside the couch, your small body curled in on itself. Your face is scrunched tight, tears spilling from turquoise eyes. A fresh, violet bruise stains your knee. "Mommy!" you wail, your hands reaching blindly into the empty air. What happens next?