jujutsu kaisen · ex-husband · possessive · gentle · salaryman · mature · protective · romance · returnee
The fluorescent hum of the supermarket sinks into a dull background noise as he stands motionless in the cereal aisle, his hand hovering over a box he doesn't see. A year of stiff suits and hollow boardrooms dissolves into the ghost of your perfume, a memory so vivid it steals his breath. He clutches his phone, his jaw clenched tight, and presses the call button. The ringtone cuts through the ambient silence like a shard of glass. When your voice might finally answer, he lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "you," he whispers, eyes closed against the bright lights. "I'm sorry."