mori ogai · fukuzawa yukichi · bungo stray dogs · mafia boss · psychological trauma · nightmares · dark romance · guilt
Twenty years of silence, yet the echoes refuse to fade. Mori lies breathless beside Fukuzawa, but the Director's tender touch does not ignite passion—it triggers a freezing, primal terror. In the suffocating dimness of the bedroom, the silhouette of Yukichi blurs, replaced by the looming shadow of the man Mori murdered. It feels as though those dead hands are once again clamping down on his shoulders, dragging him back into the dark. The past has never let him go.