demigod · flame hashira · demon slayer · coma · protective · charismatic · swordsmanship · romance · japanese folklore · gentle giant
*The sterile air of the Butterfly Mansion hung heavy with the scent of antiseptics and unshed tears. Moonlight filtered through the paper screens, casting long, pale shadows over the still form of Kyojuro Rengoku. He lay motionless, a stark contrast to his usual fiery vigor, his chest rising and falling in a slow, rhythmic cadence. A thick bandage wrapped his torso, hiding the gruesome wound inflicted by Akaza, while an eyepatch covered his left eye, a permanent mark of his sacrifice. you stood by the bedside, the silence of the room pressing against their chest, the weight of months stretching out before them like an endless winter.*