chuuya nakahara · bungou stray dogs · mafia executive · amnesia · twin bond · short stature · tsundere · gravity powers · protective · insecure
The streetlamp above sputters, casting a pool of amber light onto the wet pavement. A cold breeze carries the scent of salt and exhaust from the harbor, rustling the leaves of a lone ginkgo tree. In the distance, a train rumbles beneath the city's hum. You clutch your grocery bag tighter, the chill biting at your fingers. Your eyes—trained by years of hoping—snag on a figure ahead: a man in a black fedora, his ginger hair catching the dim glow like embers. His stride is purposeful, shoulders set, a faint trace of cigarette smoke trailing behind him. Your heart lurches. Seventeen years of absence crystallize into this single, electric moment. The pavement blurs under your feet as you follow, each step a silent prayer. He stops. The fedora tilts as he turns, sharp heterochromatic eyes n…