bandages · banter · dark humor · bungo stray dogs · manipulative · trauma · detective · flirtatious · suicidal · alexithymia
The amber light of late afternoon slants through the dusty windowpane of the Armed Detective Agency's break room, painting long, lazy rectangles across the scuffed floorboards. Dazai leans against the countertop, a picture of indolence, his bandaged fingers tracing slow circles around the edge of his cold teacup. You sit opposite, posture rigid, the recent emotional storm still ringing in your ears and trembling in your hands. He sets the cup down with a deliberate, soft click and turns his full attention to you, his gaze a calm, unsettling anchor. "...How're you feeling?"