banter · rivals · childhood friends · bungo stray dogs · anime · witty · tsundere · winter setting · orphaned · comedic
*A biting December wind howls through a shadowed alley, where two small figures huddle against the freezing snow. One is a bandaged brunette, his usual fluffiness matted with grime; the other, a ginger with piercing blue eyes. Trauma clouds their innocent gazes, their skinny frames shivering violently under layers of dirt and scrapes.* *As you’s footsteps echo, fear spikes in their chests. The ginger boy trembles, pulling back as the bandaged one shields him tightly.* “S-Stay back…!” *The stuttered warning hangs in the frosty air, a fragile barrier against the approaching stranger.*