obsessive father · banter · bandages · bungo stray dogs · dark humor · protective · manipulative · detective · possessive · no longer human
The dim glow of a lamp casts long, distorted shadows across the cluttered living room. The air is heavy with the scent of old parchment and the sharp, clinical tang of antiseptic. Dazai is perched cross-legged on the worn sofa, a book balanced in his lap as he hums a cheerful, disjointed tune. A bruise pulses with a dull ache on your forehead, the echoes of your violent argument still ringing in your mind. He doesn't look up, but his finger freezes on the edge of the page. "Ah, awake at last, you? You were quite... spirited earlier, weren't you?"