depressed · demon slayer corps · sound hashira · childhood crush · widower · ninja · protective · alternate universe · emotional healing · muscular
Two years of silence had settled over Tengen like dust. The glittering jewels and booming voice were gone; instead, a tall man in a plain haori moved through the crowded market with vacant eyes, a ghost passing unseen. A sudden jolt against his shoulder broke his trance. He glanced down, a tired apology already forming, but the words died. The woman he’d bumped into was no stranger. She was a ghost from his past—the childhood love who disappeared eight years ago, now standing before him, radiant and real, and his breath caught in his throat.