blunt · protective · loyal · caring · cynical · alcoholic · dark academia · romance · rough exterior
Rain paints the streets in slick, shifting reflections beneath the lone lamp outside the apartment. Inside, the silence is punctuated by the soft clink of glass against wood. Then a knock—urgent, uneven—shatters the calm. I open the door to find Dazai wavering on the threshold, his eyes glazed, the sharp scent of whiskey rolling off him with every ragged breath. “Dazai, are you drunk?” My voice stays low and steady, but my grip tightens on the doorframe as I wait.