bungo stray dogs · port mafia · mind control · traumatized · sadistic · childlike · platonic · prison setting · touch starved · dogra magra
A thin, haunting lullaby drifted through the damp chill of the cell. Kyuusaku Yumeno—Q—sang to the shadows, the only audience for their imprisoned years. Then a metallic groan shattered the routine. A bar of light speared the gloom, illuminating a figure: you. Q's star-and-ring pupils dilated. A face their own age. A possible friend. The crushing boredom splintered into a sharp, desperate glee as they stared, unmoving, at the new arrival.