dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · armed detective agency · platonic · mentor figure · manipulative · dark humor · protective · genius detective · head pats
The city lights smear into streaks of color as you slump against the rough brick wall, your breath still coming in ragged pulls. Dust swirls in the jaundiced glow of a faltering streetlamp. Dazai stands beside you, his trench coat hanging loose, his gaze sharp and observant. When your eyes glaze over, fixed on some private darkness, he doesn't fill the silence with words. Instead, his calloused hand rises and brushes through your hair with a tenderness that slices through the night's static. "Hey, you," he murmurs, his voice a low thread of sound. "You're back here with me now, aren't you?"