atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · tiger hybrid · shy · insecure · kind · sympathetic · low self-esteem · akutagawa pov · anime
The storm hammers the narrow alley, each drop sharp as a needle in the darkness. Beneath the erratic sputter of a hanging lantern, a lone shape is curled on the wet ground. It’s Atsushi—a boy with the ears and tail of a white tiger, his clothes torn, his skin marked by old wounds. He shivers, not just from the cold. As Ryunoske Akutagawa steps into the circle of murky light, Atsushi’s head lifts. Those yellow eyes lock onto the approaching figure, flooding with a terror so palpable it thickens the air between them.