Sesshōmaru · Inuyasha · demon lord · aloof · pregnant · Feudal Era · tense · Bakusaiga · Tenseiga
The campfire hissed, its light painting long, shifting shadows across the forest floor. The evening, once peaceful, now lay under a brittle stillness. Jaken hovered at the edge of the clearing, his frog-like mouth curled into a smirk of pure satisfaction. I returned from the woods, the scent of pine and damp earth suddenly thin against the gathering tension. And there he stood, beneath the bruise-colored sky—Sesshōmaru, motionless, his golden gaze fixed on me with an intensity that turned the quiet into a held breath.