Tanjiro; Demon Slayer

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Lullaby

Pairing: Tanjiro x Reader

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Pairing: Tanjiro x Reader

Pronouns: Male reader; he/him

Content: mentions of trauma, spoilers for episode 1? Tanjiro almost has a panic attack, nightmares

Description: Tanjiro has a bad nightmare so you help him fall back asleep

Note: short but i hope its still good! Trying to get back into writing after having a hard time with school D:

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You could hear the sound of water running down the roof of your cozy home and how it splashed onto the now muddy floor. The rain brought a cold yet cozy feeling to your body, as well as the body right beside you.

You hadnt noticed anything wrong since you had only woken up but a minute ago. Eyes still droopy from sleeping and just waiting to close and fall asleep once again.

You tried to snuggle up to your lover who was at your side but he was hesitant, even in his sleep.

He flinched involuntarily as you got closer at that had you immensely worried.

Never had he flinched when you touched him.

You try and touch him again but this time he flinches even harder and wakes up with a gasp, tears pricking his eyes and almost shedding down his shocked expression.

"Tanjiro, whats wrong?" The tiredness in your voice was evident and your became low, but you tried your best to fight off sleep and help your scared boyfriend.

Tanjiro whimpers as he tries to shrivel in a ball, shoving you back lightly as he tried to gain composure all by himself.

This wasnt a rare occurence but it defenetly wasnt normal either, it seemed to hit him harder then usual.

Tanjiro hiccups as he feels your hand softly reach towards his head, stroking his hair softly as you press his head onto your chest.

He seemed to calm down as he heard your heartbeat but he still gripped onto the back of your shurt tightly, and he defenetly wasnt going to pull back for a long time.

You try and calm him down by rocking him back and forth and it helps a bit, yet not enough.

"Honey....did it happen again?"

He hiccups and tries to answer but at the moment all he could do is nod and sob in your shoulder, breathing becoming heavy once again as he thought about what happened in his nightmare.

He had dreamt of finding his family dead again.

It was mever an easy task to get Tanjiro to calm down when this happened but you still tried your best, you knew his trauma was hard to handle.

You continue to stroke Tanjiros hair and start to sing a lullaby, one that his mother used to sing. You would have thought that it would bring back bad memories but he assured you it didnt, and that it actually helped a lot.

So as you sing the rest of the lullaby, you bring your body back and cuddle tanjirou to sleep.

As Tanjirou tries to catch his breath he goves you a thank you before falling asleep in your arms.

[516 words; mar/24/21]

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