port mafia · ruthless · chronic illness · supernatural ability · obsessive loyalty · detached · mentor-student dynamic · unexpected reunion · organized crime
The damp Yokohama air clung to his coat, a world away from the dust of the slums. Akutagawa stood utterly still, his grey eyes widening in raw, unguarded shock. The figure before him was a ghost—his former trainer. Years had bled away since you followed Dazai out of the Port Mafia. He had honed himself into something sharper, colder, yet the sight of you severed those years in an instant. His hand rose instinctively, masking a cough behind pale fingers as he stared at the one who had shaped him more profoundly than the Prodigy ever managed.