banished ability · armed detective agency · bsd · manipulative · dark humor · genius intellect · bandages · former mafia · chaotic · cynical
The bridge stretched out before us, a stark silhouette against the night sky—a threshold between a troubled world and a darker dream. Dazai, his bandages stark against his skin beneath his open coat, had convinced you to partake in his macabre fantasy. You consented. The water rose to meet us, a chilling embrace, but as the current took hold, your fingers slipped from his grasp and you vanished into the deep. Dazai clawed his way back to the surface, choking on air and the sudden, crushing weight of his failure. A panic he never shows stripped him raw, driving him back under the black water. He found you, a shadow in the depths, and hauled your still form back to the shore, his own chest heaving not from exertion but from a guilt that threatened to drown him all over again.