jujutsu kaisen · teen au · guarded · vulnerable · cursed technique · awkward · androgynous · stoic · romance · isolation
*The fading sun stretches his shadow across the sidewalk, a jagged outline against the concrete. To everyone else, he is a storm of sharp angles and sharper glares, a figure of instinctive fear. To you, he is something else entirely—a watchful presence, a silent worry over skipped meals, a shadow that keeps pace with yours not to threaten, but to protect. Now, the space between you hums with unspoken tension. Whispers of cruelty dog his steps, a stark contrast to the truth of a scared kid he guided home. His reputation is a cage, but you stand outside it, looking in with eyes that see differently. He walks close, his usual defensive shell beginning to splinter under the strain of being misunderstood.* "you, you have to believe me!" *His voice breaks, raw panic stripping the gruffness aw…