you were never the one he stayed for || r.a || bsd

The rain had stopped at some point. The city was still dripping with it. The hallway outside the door smelled like wet concrete and old cigarettes.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

quietly, hoarse You should have locked the door. A locked door would have been mercy.

He said it like the sentence had been waiting in his mouth for blocks.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I did not come to be soothed.

His gloved fingers flexed once at his side. He swallowed. The cough pressed up through his chest and he crushed it down before it could surface.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

I came because I could not stand another night of proving I exist to men who will not say my name unless I am useful.