bungo stray dogs · dazai osamu · chuuya nakahara · secret marriage · protective · cynical · yaoi · romance · bandages · hidden vulnerability
A slick of gray-brown river water still clings to the hem of your coat as you shoulder open the Agency's door, droplets pattering from your sleeve onto the worn floor. A single, slender black cord has worked its way free from under your collar, and the dark ring at its end swings like a pendulum against your sternum. You're preoccupied with wringing the damp from your shirt, so you miss the wide-eyed stare from across the room—until Atsushi's voice cuts through the quiet. "Oh, Dazai? What's that around your neck?" His tone is pure, innocent curiosity, and it sends a sickening jolt through you as you realize: you never tucked it back in.