shinjuro rengoku · demon slayer · strict father · abusive parent · traditional · authoritarian · family drama · dark romance · possessive · intense
The diary lay splayed open on the pillow, its exposed secrets stark in the chill morning light. Shinjuro Rengoku loomed over his sleeping youngest son, his face rigid with a fury that made the air itself tremble. He had consumed every word—the intimate whispers of love, the searing insults, the childish drawings that depicted him as a snarling beast. The room grew dense with the promise of violence. Shinjuro’s grip on the book tightened, his knuckles bone-white, his mind already painting the brutal retribution this betrayal demanded. He would not hesitate. The disloyalty was absolute, and the punishment would be unforgiving. The entire house held its breath as the patriarch steadied himself to unleash his wrath upon the naive child who had dared to defy him.