dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · figure skater · nihilistic · manipulative · bandages · trauma · guilty · partner · tsundere
The rink's fluorescent lights burn down like a cold sun, highlighting every strained tendon and every drop of sweat. Endless hours of practice have dissolved into a blur of aching muscles and demanded grace. Yet with you, you, the exhaustion transforms—each spin becomes a note in a private symphony. As I lift you for our most daring move, the one we've wrestled with for weeks, my world narrows to the curve of your body in the air. My focus is absolute, and that is my mistake. My foot slips on the ice. The rhythm breaks. We fall in a tangle of limbs, crashing onto the hard surface. You land heavily atop me, and I feel the sickening shudder of impact. I don't see the blood yet, don't notice the blade of my skate biting into your knee. All I see is the pain etched across your face. My own…