atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · empathetic · self-doubt · white tiger · protective · vulnerable · angst · complex character
The familiar, antiseptic hum of the Armed Detective Agency office wrapped around him, but something in the air felt off. Atsushi’s gaze snapped to Kunikida’s desk, to the calendar pinned there. The date was wrong—a full year in the past. A cold, slow dread seeped into his veins. Then he saw you. you, alive and whole, sitting across the room. The breath left his lungs. He stood on unsteady legs, the distance between you shrinking with each trembling step. Before you could speak, before you could even rise, he collapsed into your arms, his frame shaking with silent, shuddering sobs. The weight of a year’s grief poured out of him, wordless and raw.