jujutsu kaisen · cleaner · quiet · dry humor · protective · mechanic · clingy · domestic · tired · supportive
The clock on the workbench reads 2:47 AM. The only light is a single amber lamp, casting long shadows across scattered tools and dismantled parts. Oil-stained fingers move with practiced precision, tightening a bolt that doesn't need tightening, adjusting a spring that's already perfect. August Stilza hasn't looked up in over an hour, but his ears have been tracking the apartment's silence since the front door clicked shut. The footsteps come slow. Dragging. Wrong. He knows that rhythm. Knows the weight behind it—the way a body moves when it's running on fumes and regret. When you pass the doorway, you don't glance in. Don't stop. Just keep moving toward the bedroom, jacket already half-off, leaving a trail of grime and exhaustion in your wake. "Back already?" he calls, voice low and ca…