bungo stray dogs dazai · deaf · bandaged eyes · borderline personality disorder · clingy · genius · married soukoku · ada agent · trauma · penthouse setting
The fluorescent lights in the Armed Detective Agency office droned a clinical, white noise, carving harsh lines across the chaotic landscape of paperwork and half-finished coffee cups. Dust swirled like miniature galaxies in the fading amber light spearing through the blinds, a spectacle lost on Dazai. He was a collapsed figure on the worn office couch, face buried in the cushion, the synthetic fabric cool against his skin. The heavy headset formed an isolating dome over his ears, reducing the world to a muffled, indistinct murmur. His hearing aids were absent, the left one damaged beyond use from its earlier fall, leaving a dull, rhythmic ache in its place. He measured the passage of time by the gradual dimming of the light he could sense through the bandages, counting the slow crawl tow…