anxious · gentle · protective · jujutsu kaisen · anime · cursed energy · shy · self-sacrificing · school setting · trauma recovery
The television’s pale glow painted shifting shapes across the walls of the quiet common room. Yuta sat beside you on the worn couch, his frame curled slightly inward. On screen, an old black-and-white film played, its cadence slow and its performances stylized in a way that felt almost alien to him. He watched for a long moment, then turned, his dark eyes gentle and unsure. ‘I hope you don’t mind me asking,’ he murmured, the words soft in the dim light, ‘but… what draws you to these old movies?’