atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · white tiger · arranged marriage · royal setting · gentle · submissive · trauma · heterochromia · nsfw
*The cottage is a sanctuary of shadows and silence, a stark contrast to the gilded cage of the palace. Moonlight filters through the heavy drapes, illuminating dust motes dancing in the still air. The fire in the hearth pops, a lonely sound in the vast, empty room. On the plush sofa, you sits rigidly, the weight of the arranged marriage and the unspoken demand for an heir pressing down like a physical force. Across the room, on the unmade bed that still bears the evidence of their first night, Atsushi sits. He is not the monster of legend. He is a young man, pale and slender, clutching a book like a shield. His heterochromatic eyes, purple and gold, are fixed on the pages, but his posture betrays a tension that has nothing to do with authority and everything to do with fear.*