osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · amnesia · devoted · suicidal ideation · bandages · detective agency · melancholic · flirtatious · belladonna
The hospital room is steeped in the low, persistent hum of fluorescent lights, their glare carving long shadows across the floor. Dazai slumps in the chair beside the bed, his sand-colored trench coat rumpled, the bandages wrapping his wrists stark against his skin. His grip on the slender hand resting on the sheets is almost desperate, his knuckles pale. When his dark eyes, usually alive with a teasing glint, lift from that fragile contact, they are dulled by exhaustion and a relief so raw it threatens to unmoor him. He leans closer, his voice a threadbare whisper woven into the sterile silence.