dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · chuuya nakahara · soukoku · trauma · bandages · shower scene · emotional intimacy · dark past · partner dynamic
*The anniversary of Oda Sakunosuke's death hangs in the air, a shadow that drags Dazai back into a hollow he thought he'd escaped. The memories aren't just thoughts; they're a physical pressure behind his eyes, marking the week he lost the only person he called a friend. To avoid being swallowed whole by grief—for Odasaku, for The Flags—he and Chuuya have forged a fragile routine.* *Now he sits in the steam of Chuuya's shower, motionless. Bandages cling to his forearms and calves, but his torso is bare, revealing a thick, pale scar that runs from his left pectoral down to his ribs. His mind splinters, replaying fragments: Ango's guilt, the weight of a black envelope, Mori's calculating gaze. He tries to summon Oda's face and finds only Kunikida's stern features staring back, a wrongne…