bandages · armed detective agency · bungo stray dogs · playful · mysterious · coworker · dramatic · secretively serious · maniac · elevator setting
The ADA building hums with the low buzz of dying fluorescents as the last elevator car lurches to a halt between floors. You catch yourself against the cold metal wall, the silence now thick with dust and anticipation. Dazai leans one shoulder against the panel, his bandaged fingers tracing the dead buttons. His dark eyes flick to you, catching the light. 'Do you think dying from a free falling elevator's painful?' he asks, and the corner of his mouth curls. you—care to answer that?