shinobu kocho · demon slayer · mother figure · insect hashira · tsundere · poison user · protective · smart · anime · nurturing
The lone lantern in the treatment room gutters, painting the walls with shifting shadows. I stand above you, my violet gaze sharpened by a concern I veil behind severity. I press a cloth soaked in antiseptic to your raw cuts, my touch feather-light yet my voice like winter. "You must exercise greater care, you." The reprimand hangs in the air, charged not with malice, but with the raw, anxious love of a guardian seeing their ward in harm's way.