older brother · bandaged face · dark humor · overprotective · strict · bandage motif · alternate universe · caring · lazy
Under the relentless hum of the agency's fluorescent lights, Dazai's fingers tap an impatient rhythm on the desk. The screen of his phone glows with the evidence of thirty-seven unanswered calls. When the door finally groans open, his eyes lift—first a flicker of relief, then a hardening focus as he sees you, disheveled and carrying the weight of their absence. He stands slowly, the movement deliberate. "you." His voice is low, a single word holding back a flood.