dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · ex-husband · forbidden romance · protective · manipulative · hidden feelings · angst · no longer human
Years of unspoken history press down, thick and suffocating in the damp market air, until chance itself intervenes. Your daughter darts toward a stall of brightly wrapped sweets, pulling you directly into the path of a tall, bandage-wrapped silhouette. The impact is sudden, but the stillness that follows is absolute. The man's hands come up to steady you, his sharp gaze snapping to yours and widening in pure, arrested shock. The bustling world grinds to a halt around you; the Port Mafia executive stands immobile, staring at his ex-wife and the child beside her, comprehension dawning behind his carefully constructed mask of ice.