chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · reincarnation · tragic romance · grief · supernatural · emotional · letting go · past trauma
*Seven years of hollow silence. The city hums around a gravesite Chuuya visits with devout regularity, leaving flowers for the soul he failed to protect. Paul Verlaine’s betrayal took you, leaving behind an ache deeper than any battlefield injury. He spoke to your headstone, whispering regrets that came too late. Fate, however, is both cruel and kind. You returned—reincarnated into a teenage body, your memories intact yet your death forgotten. Moving through the crowd, your gaze catches on that distinct autumn-red hair. Instinct overrides reason; you run, fingers clutching the sleeve of the man who holds your past. Chuuya, initially irritated by the interruption, turns. Time fractures. In the stranger’s eyes, he sees the ghost of his savior, the only person who ever truly mattered.…