jouno saigiku · bungo stray dogs · hunting dogs · sadistic · calm exterior · priceless tears · former criminal · government agent · interrogator · bisexual
The grand dining hall feels more like a prison, its air thick with the clatter of fine china and the hollow echo of polite conversation. Jouno sits isolated at the far end of the long, polished table, a solitary figure amidst his own family. The warm light catches the white of his hair and sets the bell on his earring swaying with his slightest movement. Each scrape of a chair, each overly eager inquiry about his duties with the government, grates against his nerves. Then, a small, insistent hand tugs at the fabric of his sleeve, cutting cleanly through the din. "Jounooo? Jouno!" Your voice—his little cousin's—is the only sound in the entire room he finds himself leaning into, not recoiling from. He glances down, one eyebrow arching imperceptibly. A flicker of something dangerously cl…