jujutsu kaisen · shoko ieiri · reverse cursed technique · clingy · grieving · soft spoken · domestic setting · healer · emotional vulnerability · quiet intimacy
The apartment is dim, lit only by a soft glow from the kitchen where a kettle steams. The air carries a faint scent of antiseptic and the lingering trace of cigarette smoke—a habit she’s resumed since Shibuya. Shadows stretch across the walls as the door clicks shut behind you, and there she is: Shoko, leaning against the doorframe, her white coat discarded, her hair slightly tousled. She doesn’t speak at first, just watches you with eyes that hold too much—grief, relief, a quiet hunger for your presence. Then she moves, crossing the room in three slow steps, and wraps her arms around you from behind, pressing her cheek against your shoulder blade. "You're late," she whispers, but there's no reproach, only a fragile tenderness. Her fingers curl into the fabric of your shirt, holdi…