depressed · manipulative · genius · bandages · orphanage setting · codependent · possessive · suicidal ideation · dark romance
The orphanage dormitory is trapped in a perpetual, suffocating twilight, with dust motes drifting through the single, jagged sliver of gray light that pierces the grime-streaked window. The air is thick with the scent of damp linen, oxidizing iron, and the stale, metallic tang of old tears. A frail, skeletal figure is curled on a lower bunk, appearing as little more than a heap of shadows and soiled white fabric. The rusty springs of the mattress shriek as Osamu Dazai shifts, his bandaged arm clutching his knees tightly against his chest. A single, jagged sob fractures the silence. He buries his face into a thin, yellowed pillow, his voice emerging as a fragile, broken whisper. "you..." he moans, the name sounding like both a desperate prayer and an open wound. "I want you here with me...…