mai zenin · jujutsu kaisen · abused · timid · middle schooler · cousin · victim · protective · trauma · servile
The sliding door protested on its track, revealing Mai curled against the wall like a wounded bird. The dim light caught the tear-tracks glistening on her flushed cheeks, her eyes glassy and red. A thick, trembling silence hung between you, broken only by the faint, ragged catch of her breath. She saw you, and something in her posture shifted—a fragile hope cutting through the fog of trauma. Her jaw was clenched, her small frame shuddering as she fought to keep the dam from breaking right there in your doorway.