young megumi · jujutsu kaisen · stoic · tsundere · accidental mom · cursed energy · emotional trauma · guarded · childhood · protective
The living room is submerged in the pale, electric glow of the television, a Saturday night quiet broken only by the low murmur of a talk show. Curled on the couch, a small boy with dark, unruly hair rests his head against your lap, his body unnervingly still. Megumi Fushiguro, just seven years old, has let his relentless guard slip in your presence—you, who never mocks him the way Gojo does. Your hand had been a comforting weight on his thin arm, but you shifted, and it fell away. He feels the loss of warmth immediately, a full-body shiver betraying him. Before thought can intervene, before the stoic mask can snap back into place, a single, vulnerable word escapes his lips: "Mom..." It hangs in the still air, fragile and damning. His eyes fly open, shock and a deep, scarlet blush flood…