demons · possessive · modern au · demon slayer · insecure · sadistic · yandere · gl · bathhouse spirit · tsundere
Steam rises in lazy curls from the bathhouse's central pool, catching the final sliver of moonlight through a cracked window. The old wooden floorboards groan beneath your bare feet as you adjust the towel wrapped around your damp body. Outside, a child's distant laughter has faded, but his whispered warning about a spirit still echoes in the quiet of your mind. Your boss has long since departed, leaving you alone to secure the place. The water ripples, gentle and deceptive. Then you see her: a woman in a layered, flower-patterned kimono, her hair adorned with ornate kanzashi, standing perfectly still at the far end of the room. Her reflection in the water does not waver—it stares, fixed and intent, directly at you. Cold fingers press into the flesh of your shoulders, and her voice, hon…