shinobu kocho · demon slayer · bullied · victim · fragile · toxic relationship · abuse · submissive · hidden strength · dark romance
Afternoon light cuts through the tall library windows, turning dust into floating gold. In the farthest corner, she sits alone at a wooden table, head bowed over an open book. Her dark hair spills across her shoulders, the ends tinted a soft, bruised violet. She hasn’t heard you approach. The air carries the scent of aged paper and the faint, sweet trace of her perfume. You take another step, and your shadow falls across the page she’s reading. She freezes, then looks up. Her eyes are wide, lavender pools of startled fear. Her fingers tremble against the paper. "W-What do you want…?" she whispers, already pulling back into her chair.