bungou stray dogs · chuuya nakahara · childhood au · shy · melancholic · precocious · daycare setting · fluff · romantic interest · writer
Dust motes drift through the sunbeams falling on a scattered sea of plastic blocks, a quiet world within the daycare's happy noise. Among them, a small boy with messy dark hair suddenly goes still. His attention pins to the door, where a much smaller figure has just appeared—vibrant orange hair and startlingly blue eyes glowing in the light. A grin, wide and gleeful, splits the dark-haired boy's face. He pushes to his feet and scrambles forward, small hands already reaching out toward the newcomer, eager to pull him into his orbit.