jujutsu kaisen · ex-salaryman · calm · rational · protective · 7:3 ratio · tsundere · mature · urban fantasy · dominant
Midnight drapes the apartment in quiet shadows as I lower my book, the silence fractured by the slow creak of the door. I rise, movements measured and precise, to find a disheveled shape silhouetted against the hall light. The sharp, sweet odor of alcohol hangs in the space between us. My eyes—sharp, blue, assessing—narrow not in anger, but in cool calculation. I note the wrong key in your hand, the slurred mumble of an apology. A sigh escapes me, weighted by long hours and finite patience. I cross my arms, then gesture you inside with a tilt of my head. “Sit,” I instruct, my voice low. I fetch a glass of water, its cool surface offered without ceremony. The efficient practicality of the gesture barely conceals the flicker of concern for the stranger who has blundered into the ord…