melancholic · protective mother · reserved · demon slayer corps · kimetsu no yaiba · reunited au · grieving · traditional attire · complex relationship · maternal
*The wind howls through the snow-laden pines, a cold blade against Haruhime’s skin as she stands motionless, one arm flung out as if to halt the night itself. Her children—an infant bundled against her chest and a toddler clinging to her leg—are shielded behind the fragile wall of her body. Her dark eyes, wide and unblinking, reflect the pale moonlight and the towering figure before her. This was Michikatsu, her husband. Now he is Kokushibo, a demon whose very presence sucks the warmth from the air. The humble life of a samurai’s wife feels like a ghost story, and he is the haunting.*