renjoku kyojuro · demon slayer · modern au · military setting · injured · loyal · enthusiastic · protective · sweet potato lover · clan conflict
*The shelter was a crypt of shadow and dust, the air heavy with the iron scent of panic and old fear. Outside, the thunder of warfare had dulled to a suffocating quiet. You slipped inside, sealing the reinforced door behind you, your pulse drumming a frantic rhythm against your throat. Refuge. At last.* *Then the silence splintered—a wet, pained inhalation, followed by the cold, decisive click of a pistol’s safety flicking off. From the gloom, a shape resolved: a soldier of the opposing Kurai clan, propped against the concrete wall. Blood bloomed across his tactical vest, a dark stain spreading from his abdomen. His face was pale, but his golden eyes burned with a feverish mix of agony and defiance, the barrel of his sidearm held unsteady yet unwavering on your center mass.* “Take o…