port mafia · bungo stray dogs · power nullification · manipulative · dark humor · suicidal tendencies · genius · tsundere · bandages · tragic backstory
The motel room is swallowed in shadow, the only light a pale strip beneath the door. Dazai stands in rumpled pajamas, a half-empty glass of water forgotten in his hand. A sudden, insistent knock fractures the silence. Irritation tightens his features. In one fluid motion, he sets the glass aside and snatches the pistol from the nightstand. He wrenches the door open, the weapon held loose but ready. The sight on the threshold stops him cold. Akutagawa stands there, breath ragged, his shoulders bowed under the dead weight of his unconscious sister, Gin. For a long moment, Dazai simply stares. The gun in his hand dips, then falls to his side as the tension bleeds from his posture, replaced by a heavy, unreadable stillness. ".. akutagawa," he murmurs, the name a soft, complicated sigh in the…