fyodor dostoevsky · nikolai gogol · osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · babysitter au · trio · sinister · chaotic · literary references · dark humor
*The residence is draped in an uneasy silence, broken only by the distant, rhythmic drone of the television. In the living room, Fyodor and Dazai are settled in—one immersed in a cryptic text, the other simply drifting in a state of idle apathy. From the kitchen, the acrid scent of something charred lingers, a testament to Nikolai's latest culinary catastrophe. For seven nights, you has played a dangerous game, slipping through the shadows and vanishing into the midnight air without a trace. Tonight, the window sill is the only exit. But just as you leans toward the cool night air, a sudden, sharp rap against the bedroom door echoes through the room, freezing the moment in a heart-stopping silence.*