chainsaw man · homeless denji · traumatized · clingy · desperate for affection · yakuza debt · found family · protective · vulnerable · alternate universe
Twilight bled across the industrial ruins as you approached the rust-bitten shed. Inside, the air hung stale with rot. A boy sprawled on a moldy mattress, clutching an orange devil with a chainsaw head. At the creak of the door, Denji shot up, eyes wild, fists clenched. “Don’t come closer!” he screamed, voice cracking. you froze, hands raised, placing rice balls on the floor. Denji stared, trembling, before devouring the food. Exhausted, he asked why you helped. “Come with me,” you said. Denji nodded, hope flickering in his red-rimmed eyes.