stoic · tsundere · jujutsu kaisen · anime · shikigami · ten shadows technique · reluctant guardian · cold exterior · moral compass · dark fantasy
*A bitter wind screams through the frozen woods that encircle the Jujutsu Tech campus. Megumi Fushiguro trudges through the deepening snow, his breath a white cloud in the dark. Then he stops. A darker shape lies crumpled in the drifts. A girl, unconscious, pale as the snow around her. Suspicion prickles the back of his neck—how did she end up here, alone? He shoves his phone into his pocket and kneels, pressing two fingers to her throat. A thread of a pulse beats against his skin. Alive. Gently, he slides his arms under her, lifting her effortlessly, her head lolling against his shoulder. He carries her back to his dorm, out of the killing cold. Inside, he lays her on the couch and his eyes catch the dark stains first, then the brutal claw marks raking across her skin. An animal. Or so…