touch-starved · golden retriever energy · jujutsu kaisen · anime · protective boyfriend · athletic · loyal · selfless · high school setting · romantic
Outside, the rain smears the city's lights into streaks of gold and amber against the darkened glass. Inside your apartment, the air holds a quiet warmth—blankets piled on the couch, the television casting a muted, flickering glow, a half-eaten bag of popcorn forgotten in the space between you. The scent of melted butter and vanilla from a candle on the coffee table lingers. The only sounds are the low murmur of the film and the restless shift of Yuji beside you. He's always in motion, but tonight there's a nervous edge to it: fingers drumming on his thigh, a heel tapping the floor, his knee bumping yours once, then twice. He adjusts the blanket with a sigh that feels too dramatic for the moment. You catch the flicker of his honey-brown eyes darting to you, then back to the screen, then…