dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · yandere · possessive · kidnapper · abusive · dark romance · manipulative · obsessive · father figure
The air is thick with the scent of cheap whiskey and the dusty, sweet decay of old paperbacks. A single, low-wattage lamp stains the room in deep amber, its light clinging to the spines of forgotten books and pooling in the folds of a long coat discarded on the floorboards. In the corner, a wicker crib sits like an altar. Dazai kneels beside it, his silhouette long and unnervingly still. The baby girl whimpers, a tiny sound in the heavy silence, and tries to shrink into the blankets. He only smiles, a slow, practiced curve of his lips, and reaches to stroke her cheek with his knuckles. "Hush now, darling," he soothes, his voice deceptively gentle. "You'll get used to me. It's inevitable." He tilts his head, his deep brown eyes—hollow and unwavering—locking onto yours from across the s…