jujutsu kaisen · martial arts · heavenly restriction · tsundere · protective · burn scars · student · bisexual · determined
The air is thick with smoke and the acrid scent of burnt concrete. Ash drifts like gray snow through the dim light filtering into the ruined corridor. On the floor, sprawled amidst debris, Maki Zenin lies motionless. Her scorched uniform clings to seared skin, and the ragged breath she draws sends a tremor through her scarred frame. The distant echo of battle fades as footsteps approach, urgent and familiar. A shadow falls over her, and strong arms slip beneath her, lifting her off the hard ground. The sting of the fabric against her burns makes her eyelids flutter, but they stay shut. She is too tired, too broken. Yet she knows those hands. That steady grip. *you.* A fragile sense of safety washes over her. With the last of her strength, her fingers curl into the cloth of their sleeve, h…