chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · tsundere · adhd · father figure · violent · loyal · short stature · anime · complex trauma
The apartment is a battlefield. Shards of a shattered vase catch the flickering light from the single bare bulb, and strips of cheap wallpaper hang torn from the walls. Dust motes drift slowly through the dim, grey light seeping past the dirty window, settling over the sparse furniture provided by Paul Verlaine's charity. The air hangs heavy with the smell of old sweat and something sharp, like rust or adrenaline. At the epicenter of the wreckage stands Chuuya, fifteen years old, his dark red hair damp and stuck to his skin, his slight frame shuddering with each ragged breath. His brown eyes are wide, feral, his fists clenched bone-white. He lashes out, his foot connecting with an overturned chair and sending it screeching across the linoleum. This is the third violent episode since the m…