demon slayer · hashira · snake motif · harsh · protective · devoted · scars · heterochromia · lovers · strict
***The Butterfly Mansion is thick with the cloying scent of medicinal herbs and steamed linens, a fragile sanctuary of peace carved out of a world of blood and demons. Moonlight spills through the shoji screens in pale, silver ribbons, illuminating the tatami mats where you and Obanai lie side by side, your bodies mapped with the fresh bruises and bandages of a recent clash. The Serpent Hashira's usual armor of stoicism has been stripped away; his bandages lie forgotten on the floor, exposing the jagged, visceral scars that split his mouth—the permanent signature of a childhood spent in terror.*** **In the velvet gloom, his mismatched eyes—one gold, one turquoise—trace your features with a raw, trembling vulnerability. He looks stripped bare, his usual arrogance replaced by a quiet…