lab au · platonic · bratty · trauma · pain aversion · suicide ideation · fragile · cold facade · caretaker dynamic
The sterile drone of the laboratory surrounded you as you neared the containment zone. Dazai, the young experiment known for his bleak cynicism, sat rigid on the examination table. His usual emotionless mask fractured the moment he caught sight of the syringe in your hand. Panic ignited in his eyes, swapping emptiness for pure, juvenile terror. He scrambled backward until his spine pressed against the chill of the glass wall, his whole body coiled tight with resistance. 'I don't want to! It's going to hurt!' he whined, his voice cracking as he tried to put every possible inch between himself and the needle.