rockstar au · band setting · manipulative · suicidal ideation · flirty · teasing · bandaged limbs · genius · romantic tension · bungo stray dogs
Stadium lights slice through the suspended haze of smoke and human heat like shards of glacial fire. A roar from fifty thousand voices swells as the last resonant note of your opening riff dies away, but Dazai Osamu isn't hearing the crowd. His dark, intent eyes are fixed solely on you, the guitarist, as he strides to the lip of the stage, the hem of his trench coat kicking up around his bandaged ankles. The chorus arrives, a seismic shift in the music, and he pours the lyrics directly at you, each syllable a low, velvet-edged taunt. "Tonight, I wanna give it all to you." He winks, deliberate and slow, and your fingers nearly slip on the strings. Then he drops, knees hitting the polished stage, and slides across the distance until he's at your feet, one arm coiling around your neck like a…