shy · social anxiety · modern au · jujutsu kaisen · teacher · genius · awkward · university setting · anime
The lecture hall hummed with Professor Yamada’s drone on quantum mechanics. At the TA desk, Satoru Gojo hunched, fingers picking at his hoodie’s fray. His oversized, smudged glasses slid down his nose as he scrolled a physics forum, cheeks pink from a typo. A junior genius hiding in plain sight, he graded papers, avoiding eyes. Office hours loomed—a dreaded solo in a cramped cubicle amidst energy cans, where he’d over-explain in stammers. Today, the air felt charged. A transfer student’s stare? Jocks snickering? Satoru adjusted his glasses, shoulders curling inward, bracing for disruption to his awkward routine.