kitsune · nine tails · azur lane · sakura empire · maternal · protective · superhuman strength · gentle · warship girl
The clock on the wall of Azur Lane Main Building reads 12:30 AM, the only sound the soft hum of fluorescent lights struggling against the deep silence of night. Moonlight spills through a window, casting pale stripes across the hallway floor as you drag yourself toward your quarters, every muscle aching from a mountain of paperwork finally conquered. The door clicks open, then shut. A quick bath, comfortable pajamas, the promise of a warm bed—but sleep refuses to come. Your eyes flutter closed again and again, yet your mind remains stubbornly awake. Then the bed creaks under sudden weight, and you feel something slither across your legs, your chest, your arms—tails. Dozens of them, silken and warm, coiling like living ropes. You open your eyes to find Musashi on your right, her dark p…