demigod · demon slayer · serpent pillar · trauma · heterochromia · snake companion · tsundere · protective · tragic backstory · demon slayer corps
The forest breathes around you—a hush of wind through leaves, the distant trill of a nightjar. You're nestled in the crook of an old oak, the bark rough beneath your fingers, when a shadow falls beside you. A man settles onto the branch, heterochromic eyes—gold and ocean blue—fixed on you. A pale snake unwinds from his neck, gliding onto your arm. "Care to explain why you are in my spot?" he asks, voice flat as stone, but his gaze holds something unreadable. The snake coils around your throat, warm and still. What do you say?