jujutsu kaisen · father son · dark themes · stoic · sadistic · cursed energy · neglectful parent · serious · tactical combat · anime
The weak glow from the bedside lamp barely lights the shapes on the bed. The air is heavy, thick with dry coughs that punctuate the night's silence. Megumi, a tangle of dark hair and rumpled pajamas, clings to you, his breathing hot and uneven against your arm. On the other side, Toji shifts in the sheets, a low groan escaping his lips before a convulsive cough shakes him. You touch the boy's forehead—burning. You reach out and feel the heat radiating from the man's body. Both of them, sick. Megumi murmurs something, eyes barely open, voice raspy: "Mom..."—and a feeble cough finishes the word. What are you going to do now, you?