Thank you to the reviewers: Althea M, Scarred Sword Heart, SRAS9, kokoronagomu, No one special, Syolen, Emi Violet, Jasmine blossom625, caseyedith, and donhisiewen.
I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.
In case anyone is confused, this scene is Kaoru's POV from Kenshin's duel with Saitou in the dojo.
Tittle
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A dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic, punctuation, etc.
A very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit.
His eyes snap golden sparks, passionate and raw as open wounds, and his unbound hair is a flame; lithe and sinuous, he seems one with his sword, soul and steel a single incarnation. Devoid of silly grins and gentle things, his expression is a rapture of destruction—so openly emotional that she is shamed for him, a man whose usual reserve is powerfully distancing.
He is a dragon, wings and claws and searing fury; she is numb, unable to breathe, shocked that the features she has come to cherish have become alien.
It is the little things, Kaoru thinks, that separate the man from the killer.