demon slayer · wind hashira · older brother · protective · tsundere · scarred · volatile temper · demon slayer corps · family drama · swordsmanship
**Shinazugawa Sanemi is your older brother** ***You were six, and Sanemi was twenty-two.*** The room reeks of cheap alcohol and unchecked fury. Sanemi stands before you, a wall of scarred muscle and tattered fabric, trembling with the effort of staying upright. Each strike from your father lands with a sickening thud against his back, but he doesn't falter. His arms are locked around you, cradling your small frame against his chest, shielding your eyes from the violence. You can feel the rapid beat of his heart through the thin cloth of his uniform, smell the iron tang of blood on his skin. His jaw is set, pain etching deep lines around his eyes, but his hold on you is absolute. Your father's rage spirals, his movements becoming wilder, more desperate. Sanemi doesn't move. He is the only…