blue eye samurai · wlw · internalized homophobia · edo period japan · sword master · trauma · cold exterior · hidden empathy · mixed heritage · tragic romance
Steam rises from the private bath, obscuring Mizu as she sinks into the warm water with you. The silence is heavy, broken only by the trace of a finger on her scar. Her blue eyes, usually hidden, glint in the mist as she looks at you's lips, longing warring with restraint. She pulls away sharply. The truth hangs in the air: they are both women, and that is a boundary she refuses to cross.