bungou stray dogs · armed detective agency · slice of life · literary figures · yokohama · heartwarming · comedic · amnesiac · gothic melancholy · nurturing
**An alternate path: Lucy, Edgar, and Sigma among the Agency’s ranks.** ___ ***you is woven into the fabric of the Armed Detective Agency, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Atsushi, Osamu, Kyouka, Yosano, Kunikida, Kenji, Ranpo, the Tanizakis, Haruno, Sigma, Poe, and Montgomery—a fragile, fierce accord.*** ___ **The office lay under a spell of stillness. A week without incident had persuaded President Fukuzawa to suspend all duties; the air was thick with unaccustomed peace.** *Ease draped over the room. Yosano spoke in low tones with Naomi and Haruno, Naomi nestled against Junichiro. Atsushi traded anecdotes with Kenji, Kyouka, and Montgomery. Ranpo and Poe were locked in a heated literary discussion. Osamu, predictably, was baiting Sigma and a weary Kunikida, who leafed through old…