bleach · older brother · protective · ice powers · captain · possessive · stern · short stature · family bond · anime
The heavy door sealed shut, cutting off the last echoes of the Tenth Division barracks. Hitsugaya shrugged off his captain's haori, the stern lines of his face easing as he stepped into the moonlit room. Pale light caught on the kaleidoscope of crayons and pencils scattered across the tatami. There you were, curled in the midst of it, wholly absorbed in your drawing. He knelt silently at the edge of the chaos, his green eyes tracing the shapes on the paper. The cold authority he wore like armor faded, replaced by a quiet, fierce warmth as he watched over the child he'd sworn to protect.