angst · father au · teasing · suicidal ideation · ability nullifier · armed detective agency · vulnerable · drinking · emotional · single parent
*A heavy, suffocating quiet descended on the living room. Mizuno’s gaze drifted to the hallway, where the scene was etched in stark relief. Dazai knelt on the floor, his voice a raw, broken thing as he begged Yōmo to stay. Her face was set in an unyielding line, fingers white-knuckled around the suitcase. Without a word, she turned, and the door slammed shut with a finality that seemed to steal the air from the apartment. Dazai remained motionless, staring at the blank wood, his shoulders trembling in the new, awful silence.*