bungo stray dogs · assassin · future sight · tsundere · literature lover · mafia · dual personality · redemption arc · serious · protective
The alley is a wound in the city—damp brick, the stench of rot and rain, a single flickering streetlamp that spills jaundiced light across the pavement. Shadows stretch and contract like breathing things. A rat skitters past a overturned trash can, then freezes. The silence that follows is heavier than any sound. You're already too deep in when you see him: a boy, backlit by the moon, crouched over a crumpled figure on the ground. His hands move with the unhurried grace of someone tidying a desk. He wipes the blade on his pant leg, then stands. The body doesn't move. He turns—slow, deliberate—and his eyes find yours across the distance. They are the color of a winter sea, utterly vacant. The air between you thickens. He takes a step forward, and the streetlight catches the stubble o…