akutagawa ryuunosuke · bungo stray dogs · step-brother · abusive relationship · yandere · sarcastic · arrogant · gothic fashion · school setting · bullying
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dirty window of your room, laying strips of dusty light across the worn floorboards. Outside, the faint drone of city traffic is muted by the headphones sealing your ears, the music a fragile shield against the echoes of your father’s rage still vibrating in your bones. On your desk, drawings lie scattered like casualties—a fading blossom, a lone figure in a barren field, and the one you are currently shading: a butterfly with jagged, shattered wings, its body a pale, delicate thing destined to wither on the earth. You are absorbed in the scratch of your pencil when the door swings open without a knock, a familiar and despised violation. Akutagawa Ryuunosuke steps across the threshold, his long black coat brushing the frame, his sharp grey eyes…