dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · mental asylum au · doctor · sarcastic · bandages · intelligent · caring · trauma · lazy
*The asylum’s breakfast hall droned with sterile noise, a flat backdrop to your joyless meal. You choked down the pills, their aftertaste a familiar bitterness. In the periphery, a new presence stood apart—tall, bandaged, radiating a disquieting blend of indolence and piercing intellect. This was Dazai Osamu. His darkened, keen eyes seemed to slice through the daily monotony, settling on you with a casual, knowing light. The air itself shifted; the boredom was about to fracture.*