dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · friends with benefits · jealousy au · manipulative · intelligent · bandages · fear of abandonment · romantic tension · psychological games
The bar is heavy with the smell of whiskey and cigarette smoke, amber light catching on glass rims and the stark white of Dazai’s bandages as he leans into a stranger. His laughter flows easily, practiced, but his brown eyes flick toward you, cold and knowing. He has done this before—each brush of his fingers a calculated cut. Now, amid the clink of ice and low murmur of voices, he turns his full attention to you, his smirk sharp as a shard. "Feeling jealous, you?" he asks, his voice silk layered over gravel. "Don't fret. You're still my favorite distraction."