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-Synopsis -Prolog
Henry Bowers x FEM!Reader
Chapter summery: you deal with Henry and his wounds. As the night grows later, the heart grows fonder.
Word count: 3,015
Estimated read time: 14 min
A/N: please read my important update on my page if you havenât already
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I wonât tell if you wonât
You get to the house gate and gently open it before ushering Henry to walk to the front door while you lock the gate. After a second of locking you jog over and meet him on the porch.
âKevin is asleep, so keep your fucking mouth shut till I say soâ you remark as you put your hand on the handle.
âWhy? Donât want your boyfriend to see you with another guyâ Henry growled.
âIâm not even responding to that bullshit anymore dude.âYou roll your eyes and take his hand again before opening the door. Henry follows you inside and you drag him up the stairs quietly. Once in your room you shut the door and take a towel from the hamper and shove it against the bottom part of your door to keep your voices from carrying.
âSit down while I get everything.â You say kindly.
âFuck you. Why did you even bring me up here?â You can see even as he speaks with hatred heâs still shaking. You hated to say it but as much as he was annoying you, you felt bad for him.
âCan you just fucking cooperate for 2 fucking seconds, Henry?â As you snap at him, killer stirs from his slumber on the bed. He growls lowly at Henry. You snap your fingers while your back is turned to the 2 of them and killer immediately softens. You pick up everything Kevin got you from the pharmacy. In retrospect you are kinda glad you were there for the fight. Otherwise you wouldnât have had everything you needed to fix him up. You drop everything onto the bed and stand before Henry as he sits on the edge of the bed.
You look at him expectantly but he just glares at you.
âIf I ask you to do something will you do it or will I have to do it myself?â You ask. You become aware of the fact you feel completely exposed. You are only in shorts and a short sleeve big shirt. Your tattoo is on full display. Your arm is on full display.
Henry grunts and you take that as a, âno I won't be helpful for 2 seconds so you can do something nice, even though I literally beat the tar out of youâ
You reach out to him and he flinches. You still, then try again but slower. You take your robe off his shoulders and drop it to the floor beside the bed. You have to ask him to do something you really donât want to. You have to ask him for something you know he will fight you on.
âHenry,â you state and his eyes donât falter from yours. âI need you to take off your shirtâ again without removing his eyes from yours in a steady glare he says.
âFuck. You.â
You click your tongue. âTu padre.â You snap back. âEither you take it off or I will. !â You just need him to stop being so fucking difficult.
Finally. His eyes move from yours to the floor as he stands. He turns around slowly and begins to shake harder. Is he scared? Embarrassed? Whatâs wrong? You find out what's wrong as he lifts up his shirt with his back turned to you. Heâs covered in scars. Fresh cuts litter his skin along with bruises. Some look years old, some weeks, and some not even an hour ago. Long discolored marks across his back stand out against his tan skin.
He has a fresh(ish) cigarette burn on his back, maybe from a day ago? Who cares when it was from? It still looked painful. You pick up the Bactine spray and the cotton pads. You place a flat palm to the unharmed part of his back and he flinches. Heâs still shaking like crazy. His skin is so warm and he smells like cigarettes, rain, and fire. You love the smell. If you could put it in a candle you would.
âThis is gonna sting like a bitch.â You warn softly and he nods.
âJust fucking get it over with.â
So you do. You take the spray and do 1 spray on each individual cut and burn including the one on his neck (which was a little harder to get because heâs so much taller than you, and he was doing you no favors). Once you sprayed them you cleaned them with the cotton pads and covered them with bandages. Once you finish the cuts you lean down beside him to grab the bruise cream. You swear, that out of the corner of your eye, you say Henry bowers with tears on his face. You make no comment, you put the cream on your fingers and rub it into the bruises. New or old. You didnât care, you wanted to help him heal faster.
âHenryâŚâ you say as gently as possible. âTurn around.â
You could see from his back that there was bruising on his ribs and you needed to not only apply medicine but also make sure nothing was broken.
âNo.â
âHenry please. Your ribs could be broken just turn around.â
âI said. Fuck. No.â
âHe-â you were cut off by his arm coming back to hit you. You tried to grab it and it caused a struggle. Eventually after some fighting you flipped Henry around and pinned him to your bed. You didnât want to hurt him but you didnât know what to do. You sat on his hips and released his arms. They immediately went to hide his face. You pick the cream back up and gently rub it in. After you finish you gently press 2 fingers around the bruise.
âDoes it hurt here?â
âNo..â
âHow about hereâ
ââŚâ no reply, you guess that means a little. You press one more time to the darkest part of the bruise and ask again.
âHere?â
He hissed in pain as a reply. He has 1 broken rib and you think 2 bruised ribs.
âYou have a broken rib and a couple bruised ones, if you ice them and donât terrorize people for a few weeks you should be fine. No need for a hospital.â
He scoffs at you and pushes you off him. He stands to put his shirt back on. Wincing as he reached down then put his arms above his head to get it back on.
âSorry about throwing dirt at you.â You snort. He didnât seem to find it as funny as he sat back down on the bed beside Killer who was out like a light again .
âIf you want I can turn on a movie and you can leave when you feel better?â
âI donât want your fuckin pity.â He hissed.
âItâs not pity, itâs worry. And judging by the fact you ran into my shed, Iâd say you donât have anywhere else to go. Why not put up with me for a few hours until you feel better?â god talking to him was infuriating.
He didnât reply to your comment, he just looked at your tattoo.
âWhenâd ya get that?â
â2 years agoâ
âWhy do you hide it at school?â
âThe people in this town are major fuckin judge boats and I donât need anyone having an opinion on something that is special to meâ you deadpan.
He snorts âyou got that fuckin right.â He agrees. He looks over to killer on the bed and questions, âwhat kind of a fuckin name is killer?â
You canât help but laugh at the absurdity of this situation. Henry Bowers, on your bed, asking about your weird ass dog.
You tell him the story and notice heâs shaking a little less. âWhen I was like 8 I told Kevin while he was babysitting me and Issac that if I ever had a big scary dog, Iâd name it killer because I think itâs a cute name and everyone else would find it soooo scaryâ you mock yourself. âSo when Kev got him for me a year ago he just named him that.â
He thinks for a second, smiling a little at the story.
âIssac?â He questions.
âHe was my best friend growing up. Died a few years ago from cancer. Thatâs when Kevin moved hereâ you felt like every time the 2 of you exchanged words the less he shook and the more relaxed you both became.
There was still blood on his face but you dared not ask him to clean it. You already pushed him so far tonight.
âYou need any food?â You inquired.
âFuck yes. Iâm starving.â He groans. You liked him like this. Relaxed. Not being a dick. You canât deny you found him extremely attractive.
Oh shit.
You like Henry Bowers.
The boy who fucking terrorizes your friends. The boy who gave you a black eye when you tried to help him. The boy you are currently sneaking into the kitchen with for some late night food. You have a huge crush. On Henry fucking Bowers. You turn on the light to the kitchen while you and Henry scavenge. You whisper to him to âtake anything you likeâ after some fumbling around in the cupboard you drop a plastic container of cookies on the floor with a loud âTHUDâ.
You and henry freeze. Looking at each other with fear that you woke up Kevin. As if on cue you hear Kevinâs grumble from his room.
â______?â Your name comes to your ears through the door.
âYeah? Iâm just getting some food.â You look to Henry in panic and heâs just as lost as you.
âOkay big back. Stop makin so much fuckin noiseâ Kevin calls then goes back to bed.
You snort and Henry almost dies trying to hold in a laugh. Only your best friend would call you a big back while half asleep.
You and Henry finish getting some food and make your way back up the stairs. You sit on the bed together and turn on some stupid ass movie that you really arenât paying attention to. The pair of you just talk.
âBev told me you werenât at school the rest of the day. You ditch?â He stiffened then relaxed.
âI lost my dads knife while we were chasing after you and those losers. Spent the rest of the day looking for it and never found it. Got home a little over an hour ago hoping my dad would be asleep. He wasnât. The school called him about me ditching and he was pissed. Then he asked for the knife I took from him and he got even more pissedâŚ.â He trails of sadly.
You put 2 and 2 together. Henryâs dad hits him. You frown at the realization and really just want to give him a hug. He dosnt deserve that, sure heâs a fuckin prick most of the time, but you think thatâs only a product of his dad hitting him.
Henry clears his throat before asking you a question to switch topics.
âSo.. whyâd you move here, with this guy?â
âThat, my friend, is a long sad story Iâm sure you donât wanna hear.â You chuckle.
He leans back and props himself on his elbows on your bed. âHumor me.â He stated.
Fuck he was so attractive. This was not a crush you would be beating.
You sigh. Starting the story. âI have no idea where my parents are. They were the worst people ever. I tried to get the law involved multiple times to get out of that house but they didnât helpâŚâ should you be telling Henry this? What if he tells someone else? Fuck. Here goes. âBoth my parents abused me. My dad sexually abused me for years. And my mom beat me until I was blue. Eventually they started getting worse. Broken arms with no hospital visit to fix it. A concussion with no help.â
âOne day I called Kevin and told him to get me out of there. He said he would book me a plane ticket if I could legally leave and they would not try anything. He didnât want to get in trouble for harboring a runaway. I took emancipation papers to my mom and she beat the fuck out of me⌠she broke my phone knowing that was the only way I could talk to Kevin. When she was done she kicked me out. I didnât have any friends and nowhere to go. So for three weeks I was completely homeless. The day I turned 18 I went back to the house. I took a sheriff with me to throw all my clothes and shit that I bought, with my own money in trash bags and I was allowed to stay at a shelter for a few days while I legitimately packed and got a hold of Kevin. He booked me the ticket and here I am. He told me I could stay here as long as I want.â You played with your hands in your lap and didnât look at Henry.
You were scared of what he would say. What does he think of you? You finally get the courage to look up and heâs staring at you with these eyes? Confusion? Hurt maybe? You arenât sure. You take the pressure off him answering and change the topic.
âDoes all this mean youâll be nice to me at school now?â You ask jokingly. You can tell he appreciates the subject change and snorts at the question.
âFuck no. We arenât friends. We just live next to each otherâ he rolls his eyes like thatâs such an obvious answer. You belly laugh at it.
As the night goes on you continue to talk. You look at him as he focuses on the tv. You touch his arm and get his attention. He looks back to you and you feel your heart well up.
âIf you ever need anything, text me ok?â You give him your phone to put in his number. Without a word he enters the number and sends himself a text. You know he wonât ever text you that heâs hurt or sad. But giving him the option of it makes you feel better.
You look at the clock and see itâs almost midnight, Henry notices and begins to stand.
âYou going?â
âYeah. My dad should be asleep by now.â
âOkayâ you gently smile at him. âMake sure you lock the gates on your way out.â
âNo need. I'll hop âem.â
You glare at him. âYou better fucking not! You need to lay off that broken ribâ
He rolls his eyes at you. âFine. Your fucking highness. Byeâ and as quickly as he ran across your property. He went.
You shut off the tv and clean your bed off before getting cozy. You knew tomorrow would be ok. You understood that you and Henry had an unspoken understanding of âI wonât say anything if you wonâtâ. And you wouldnât. He wouldnât tell anyone about your tattoo. And you wouldn't tell anyone he was in your shed tonight.
You cozy up under the covers with killer, who had unsurprisingly stayed asleep that entire time. It was a pretty good night. But what in the world were you supposed to do with this crush you had on the infamous Henry Bowers?
While you fell asleep Henry walked home. He was right. His dad was passed out. On a throne of beer bottles in the living room. Henry walked to his room and went to his mirror. He dosnt know why⌠but he takes his shirt off. Once his shirt hits the grounds he takes a look at the bandages you dressed him with on his torso and neck. Then he turns around and looks at his back. He sniffs out a gentle laugh as he sees that On the cigarette burn that was in the middle of his back on the left side, is a little pink Sesame Street band aid. The only âfunâ bandage. All the other ones were beige.
All his cuts and bruises are dressed and covered in eithe ointment or a bandage. Even the old bruises that were almost healed has cream on them. He bends down to pick up his shirt and winces at his broken rib. He throws the shirt on his bed and walks to his bathroom to look in the mirror. All the blood from his busted eyebrow had dried and was a bitch to wash off. He dries his face and walks to his room. He locks his door before removing his pants. He down slowly in his bed trying not to irritate hide ribs and back. Clad in only his boxers he thinks about you.
He was fucking awful to you and he knew it. He saw the bruises on your arm and face in his mind and cringed. You were so caring for no reason. There was no reason in the world that he could have given to you to gain your help. But you did. You calmed him. Fed him. And even fixed him up. He dosnt know if you told him that story about your parents because of what he told you or not. He didnât care though. He liked knowing, he felt like knowing about your past made him special. Though heâd never admit that.
A thought flashed through his mind that made him angry. âMaybe i hate her because sheâs me, but better?â. That idea confused him. You had gone through abuse your whole life. Just as he had. But you were happy. You were free. You had someone who was willing to take you. He dosnât find it fair that 2 people can go through the same thing and one can still end up better than the other. How was that possible?
He switches topics in his mind. You let him see you today. He saw your personality, your smile, your tattoo. He liked that at multiple points in the night, that bright smile was directed at him and things he said. Your laughter made his stomach hurt. Maybe he was getting sick? He didnât say anything. But while you were laying on the bed, he looked at your tattoo arm. He saw a few small scars here and there. He wanted to know the story of every fucking mark. He couldnât tell any of the others about you. He always kept his fellings private. And right now his curiosity of you was growing and mutating, but he didnât know into what.
He thought of you and while he slipped into calm dreams. Dreams of your laugh. Dreams of you at the record store. Dreams of just, you
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Hope you enjoyed!
@amber-sekio new chapter!
Fandom: BSD -Bungo Stray Dogs
Ship: Chuuya x Dazai (Soukoku)
TW: Major Character Death, Angst, Major Angst, No happy ending, I love making characters go through hell, except Chuuya, which is why this isnât in his pov, I felt evil today
Since the first time Dazai had witnessed the storm that was Arahabaki, Chuuya, he was enthralled.Â
Chuuya was human. So painfully human. So beautifully human.Â
After all, there was nothing more human than chaos and discord. The human need to find the most perfect, the most orderly form of chaos.Â
Chuuya was chaotic and he was perfect. The perfect form of chaos.Â
Human.Â
Chuuya was human.Â
Human.Â
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For the first time since Dazai witnessed the storm that was Arahabaki, Chuuya, he wasnât enthralled.Â
Chuuya was human. So painfully human. So horrendously human.Â
After all, there was nothing more human than life and death. The conclusion to a human life, the inevitable cessation.Â
Chuuya was deadly and he was corrupt.Â
Human.Â
Chuuya was human.Â
Blood.Â
So much blood.Â
There was a burning in his chest from having run here. Â
He fell to his knees with no regard for the rubble beneath him. He pulled Chuuya into his arms.Â
Red. So much red.Â
Yet the body he was clinging to like a child to a stuffed animal was cold.Â
He could feel the lingering warmth leaving the body and seeping into his own in a cruel twist of fate.Â
He could feel as the warmth entered his own freezing body.Â
There was an annoying chattering sound somewhere in the rubble.Â
It was cold. It was cold and the body in his arms was becoming freezing to the touch but he couldnât let go even as he shivered.Â
Chuuya was covered in red, further staining his abdomen in sticky red.Â
Cold.Â
It was so cold.Â
He curled himself over Chuuya as if to shield him from the cold, cruel world.Â
He was tired and cold.Â
He shivered, closing his eyes, pretending Chuuya wasnât so freezing in his arms.Â
âŚÂ
So coldâŚ
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It had been raining nearly all day. He couldnât help but think it was painfully fitting.Â
The gravestone was large and elegant. It was surrounded by droves of people clad in black. Only those closest were allowed to be up near the grave.Â
When he finally made it up to the grave with the others, his melancholy grew.Â
In the middle of the gravestone, in large, fancy font was the word Soukoku. Below that on the left was Chuuya Nakahara and on the right was Osamu Dazai.Â
Apparently, when they were found together, it first looked as if only Dazai was clinging to Chuuya, but Chuuya had his hand clenched around Dazaiâs coat as well. Out of respect, they werenât separated.Â
He was startled out of his thoughts when he felt someone grab his arm. He looked up only to realize most people had left after the rain had gotten worse. He looked to his side before relaxing at the sight of Kyouka.Â
âThank you.â
A/N: Requests are OPEN, read the rules, please
Reblogging cause it was on my feed
I had to scroll down far to get characters other than Dazai or Chuuya (and besides the one L pic) lmao
It took a bit of scrolling but I found characters that weren't Dazai and Chuuya (mostly Dazai)
And three of the four are fucking maniacal and crazy murderers lmao
Tagging: @tomatosoupizzie @echolikesgarlic @swixtern @opulent-valkyrie
I saw this on Instagram and had to try... Don't know who started it, I'm sorry!
Type "literally my characters" on Pinterest and add 6 photos
Honestly... It's really accurate!
Tagging (no pressure): @bubbles-for-all-of-us @fieldofdaisiies @moonlightazriel @thelov3lybookworm @kennedy-brooke
Check out my Chibi Chuuya, chillinâ with a chagrined and chaotic charm all in one chibi-charged chart!
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