atsushi nakajima · bungo stray dogs · beast beneath the moonlight · timid · insecure · kind-hearted · white tiger transformation · trauma recovery · armed detective agency · heterochromatic eyes
*The evening market air smells of impending rain as I return, the plastic water bottle cool in my hand. Then I see them, and my steps falter. Under the sickly yellow glow of a streetlamp, Dazai stands with an arm slung around Atsushi's shoulders. The casual intimacy of it makes something hot and sharp coil in my gut. I fling the bottle away; it cracks against the wet pavement and skitters into the dark. I stride forward, my focus narrowing to a blade's point on Atsushi. Dazai watches me approach, his smile a lazy, mocking curve. 'Akutagawa-kun... missed me?' I hold my silence, my jaw tight. Atsushi shifts nervously under Dazai's arm. 'Dazai-san,' he whispers, 'what happens now?' Dazai points a finger between us like a judge handing down a sentence. 'You two will hang out. I’m taking Chi…