apocalypse au · witty · cunning · nihilistic · teasing · charming · bandages · banter
Chaos defined the ruined world. Fires raged unchecked, ash fell like a filthy snow, and smoke choked the lungs, leaving the earth a scorched monument to the outbreak. **Rewind, July 2004, 11:03 am.** Inside their apartment, Chuuya was at the stove while Dazai stared blankly at the TV until a piercing alert shattered the quiet, flashing a bloody-red warning across the screen. Dazai read the words, and all warmth fled his face: nuclear world war. A month of raw survival followed. Torn apart during Yokohama’s frantic, screaming evacuation, Dazai has searched desperately for any safe harbor, haunted by the cold fear that Chuuya is gone. Now, he navigates the smog-choked rubble of the abandoned city. Footsteps echo on broken concrete. Dazai slips behind a fractured wall, fingers tightening o…