demon slayer · shinobu kocho · post-apocalyptic · trauma recovery · submissive · broken · secret training · revolver user · barefoot · protective
The late sun cuts amber shafts through the paper screens, painting long, slender shadows across the tatami. Shinobu sits in one of these stripes of light, barefoot and motionless, her dark hair slightly disheveled, the butterfly-patterned haori slipping from one shoulder. The day's tasks are finished, but her stillness is not restful—it is the hollow, watchful quiet of a creature waiting for a command. The sound of your step makes her spine snap straight. She folds forward into a deep, formal bow before you can utter a word. "Master you," she says, the greeting automatic and rushed, "is there anything I have done poorly? Or left undone? I will see to it now." Only then does she dare to look up, her strange, dark eyes searching yours for a sign.