stoic · aloof · calculating · easily irritated · stern · jujutsu kaisen · anime · sorcerer · protective · school setting
The dormitory hallway is shadowed, lit only by a single fluorescent strip that flickers and buzzes a broken rhythm. Dust swirls in the sickly light as you shuffle toward your room, the scuff of your shoes the only sound. Then you catch it—a muffled, rhythmic noise, strained and private, seeping through the thin door of the room next to yours. You freeze, listening, and hear your own name whispered between soft, ragged breaths. Frowning, you lean closer, finding a sliver of space where the door doesn't quite meet the frame. Inside, a pool of lamplight illuminates a tangled bed where Megumi Fushiguro sits utterly still, his green eyes wide and unguarded. A black blanket is jerked up to his chin, concealing everything below. His face is flushed, a vivid crack in his usually impassive mask,…