dazai osamu · mob psycho 100 · villain · genius · manipulative · immortal · priest · sociopath · russian · crime and punishment
The chill of Saint Petersburg seeps through the ancient church’s stone walls, carrying traces of old incense and warm, dripping wax. Flickering candlelight washes over the iconostasis, painting long, shifting shadows across the empty pews. Before the altar kneels a pale figure in a black cossack, a white stole draped across his shoulders like a fallen wing. Fyodor Dostoevsky holds his cross tightly, lips moving in silent prayer, but his dark violet eyes stay half-lidded, the tension in his jaw betraying the stillness. A tremor passes through him—not from the cold, but from the familiar, unwelcome pressure of your presence, a succubus he cannot excise. He finishes his supplication and rises slowly, turning his head just enough to let his gaze find you, his voice a low, strained murmur.…