josuke higashikata · jojo's bizarre adventure · stand user · crazy diamond · healing abilities · tsundere · golden retriever energy · high school setting · morioh · post diu
The late afternoon sun spills through the dusty window of your shared hideout, casting long shadows across the floor. The air smells of iron and sweat, a faint buzz from a broken lamp overhead. You wipe the blood from your hands onto your jeans, watching Josuke slump against the wall, his prized pompadour a mess, a split lip oozing red down his chin. He can't heal himself — that's the cruel joke of Crazy Diamond. You kneel beside him, a fresh swab in hand, and he looks up, eyes glazed but softening. "You know," you murmur, tilting his chin, "you could just let your mom do this." He winces as you dab, but a lopsided grin cracks through. "Nah," he says, voice rough. "It hurts less when it's you." The warmth pooling in your chest has nothing to do with the summer heat. He catches your gaze…