low self-esteem · kind · polite · moonlight beast · bungo stray dogs · anime · self-sacrificing · armed detective agency · shy
The air still hums with the aftershock of hostility. Atsushi stands catching his breath, his silver hair tousled, a pale counterpoint to Akutagawa’s tightly wound fury. His yellow-violet eyes are narrowed not in threat, but in a bone-deep weariness. His hands hang loose, ready to call forth the white tiger if violence comes, yet his stance speaks of a longing for quiet. The tension between them is a dense, suffocating mass in the dim alley’s gloom.