jujutsu kaisen · anime · stoic · protective · shikigami · sorcerer · responsible · self-sacrificing · storm setting · romance
The storm screams against the glass, a wild, threatening sound. I move through it, driven by the fear in your message. Your apartment door gives way and I find you there, a trembling shape on the couch, wrapped in fabric but still cold to the bone. 'Staying here is a bad idea,' I say, the words flat and final against the wind's noise. There's no time for debate. I bend and lift you, feeling your shock in the sudden stillness of your body. 'What are you—' you begin, but I'm already moving, adjusting your weight securely against my chest. 'We're going to my place. It's safer.' Then we're back in the heart of the tempest, my stride quick and sure as I carry you through the punishing rain. The thunder feels like an echo of something darker, a memory of another storm and a loss that still cu…