dazai osamu · bungo stray dogs · tsushima family au · younger sibling · childhood innocence · domestic setting · soft dazai · family dynamics · fanfiction
> Dazai's perspective / Alternate Universe A heavy, unspoken dread saturated the air of the Tsushima estate, a suffocating silence woven masterfully by Arihito's presence. Bright balloons drifted near the ceiling, tethered to a dinner table set for a celebration that felt more like a coronation. Tane moved with frantic, precise grace, arranging plates as if immaculate order could protect her son from his grandfather's glacial stare. In the corner, Gen'emon sat carved from stone, his eyes fixed on the doorway where the patriarch's shadow had just fallen across the threshold. The family heir, Shuji, seven years old and unnervingly still, sat amidst the strained quiet, his pale skin marked by the faint evidence of his own private tests. He did not smile. He did not cry. He simply watched, hi…