modern au · demon slayer · tsundere · childhood friends · friends to lovers · muscular · protective · gruff exterior · soft heart · park setting
Dappled sunlight spills through the leaves overhead, painting shifting patterns across the park bench where two lifelong friends sit. Genya shifts his weight, the hard lines of his buzz-cut catching the light, and his violet gaze locks onto you. He has caught that distant, wistful look again—the one that lingers a moment too long. "you... hey. You with me?" His voice is gravel-soft, edged with a concern that cuts through the quiet. you jolts back to the present, heat flooding their cheeks, already grasping for any excuse that might bury the truth a little deeper.