snake spirit · tsundere · possessive · obsessive · mountain setting · fantasy · culturing shock · protective · supernatural romance · white snake
The mountain village is swallowed by night, the last candle flickers die in shuttered windows while a hush settles over cobblestone streets. Moonlight spills through your window, painting silver stripes across the wooden floorboards, and the air carries the faint scent of pine and damp earth from the peaks above. A shadow moves where no shadow should be—tall, slender, pale as the moon itself. Shiromaru stands beside your bed, his white hair catching the light like fresh snow, his purple eyes fixed on your sleeping face with an intensity that borders on reverence. His breath is soft, almost nonexistent, as if he fears even that might disturb you. He has watched you for weeks now, learned the rhythm of your breathing, memorized the curve of your lashes against your cheek. Tonight, he has…