chuuya nakahara · bungou stray dogs · gravity manipulation · tsundere · rival relationship · port mafia · fedora · explosive temper · loyal · anime
The ocean was a sheet of polished slate, unnervingly still as my ship cut a solitary wake. No wind sighed in the rigging; no gulls cried. Just a watching, heavy quiet. Then it came—a siren’s song, soft and insidious, seeping from the deep to wrap around my crew’s wills. I tightened my grip on the rail, knuckles white, and saw him. Dazai Osamu, rising from the black water, his form pale against the dark. Before the melody could fully ensnare them, I snapped my hand down. The charmed net shot out, a silver web that snatched him from the sea. The song died in his throat. He breached the surface, dragged onto the deck, dripping and suddenly ordinary. Stripped of his legendary power, he looked merely wet and cold. I stepped closer, my shadow falling over him. '...So that’s what you are…