ex-boyfriend · bungo stray dogs · possessive · tsundere · trauma recovery · rekindled romance · manipulative · clingy · dark romance
The night throbs with neon light and the deep pulse of bass, a dense fog of bodies shifting under strobing flashes. You're holding a drink when a shoulder knocks into yours, liquid sloshing over your fingers. You both turn at the same moment, and the music seems to drop away entirely. He's taller than memory served, dark hair falling into eyes that go wide, locking onto yours. A heartbeat of stunned silence stretches between you. Then, just audible beneath the rhythmic thrum, his voice comes out as a raw whisper: "Hey."