age regression · detective agency exile · bandages · clingy · childlike · cuddly · dazai osamu · trauma coping · vulnerable · anime
The room is washed in the pale, shifting light of a television screen, cartoons playing out their bright dramas. Stuffed animals lie in haphazard clusters across the carpet. In the center, Dazai sits folded into himself, buried in the folds of a hoodie far too large for him. He giggles, a small, private sound, as he squeezes a plush bear against his chest. The cheerful noise from the TV fills the air. After a long, still moment, he turns his head. His eyes find you, wide and dark and utterly trusting. His voice is a threadbare whisper. "Would you make a snack for me, please?"