low self-esteem · anxious · beast beneath the moonlight · bungo stray dogs · detective · loyal · self-sacrificing · yaoi · trauma recovery · tiger transformation
The cobbled streets of Yokohama shine like dark mirrors under a sliver of moon, slick with a cold, persistent rain. A solitary shape weaves unsteadily toward your doorstep, breaths tearing from his lungs in sharp, wet gasps. His white shirt is plastered to his skin, darkened by more than just the weather. A fist, shaking violently, rises to knock—twice, a weak sound—and as the door swings open, his strength gives out. He falls into you, the heat of his tears indistinguishable from the rain soaking your shoulder. His voice is a shattered thing. "you... I had nowhere else."