So Let Me Get This Straight:

Aww this is so funny lol ♡

a reminder

The cats see humans as werid helpless kittens but it's Atsushi and the Agency.

He goes and hunts em all food. Turns into a tiger and carries Kenji back to his dorm after he falls asleep.

He's dragged Kunikida by the collar once the Agency closes so he doesn't spend all night in there.

He loves em but he also doesn't trust em to take care of themselves.

We all know the jokes about Zuko passing out from doing a good thing and of course it's been pointed out that it's literally a trauma response that happens both in the show when he's faced with doing something that goes against what his father told him was right, and in the comics when he is afraid he's becoming Ozai.

But what both of those scenes have in common is that it happens not just after Zuko is forced to make a conflicting decision that reminds him of the situation his father put him in when he was thirteen. It's also true that in both cases, he experiences a crash after he's safe and no longer in danger. That pretty closely mirrors the rush of adrenaline after a traumatic trigger, plus the sudden exhaustion once the danger has passed. After freeing Appa triggers that ptsd response in him in the show, Zuko passes out the moment he is safe in Iroh's house, because he knows that Iroh is a safe person that he can allow himself to be vulnerable with. Zuko does the same thing in The Promise when he passes out after Aang saves him from falling into the chasm and Zuko realizes he was right to try and protect the people of Yu Dao.

I think it's also worth noting that in both cases, experiencing conflict with someone who he saw as someone who both cared for him and as a moral authority is what caused the stress, but then being cared for by that person reassured him that it was safe to let that person take care of him.

It's not just being told that he did the right thing, but that he deserves care and that his life has value that makes Zuko feel like he's safe, after spending the series feeling like he had to prove his worth to Ozai and spending The Promise thinking that he didn't deserve to live.

Both cases make me wonder what it was like for thirteen year old Zuko waking up after the agni kai and finding out that not only is his father willing to hurt him, but also wants him sent away.

Connor and Adrien

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Characters: Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Dazatsu Month 2025 (Bungou Stray Dogs), Fluff, Established Relationship, Soft Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Soft Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Love is Giving Each Other a Hard Time, Nakajima Atsushi Has a Good Sense of Humor Series: Part 1 of Dazatsu Month 2025 Summary:

“I should have known that accepting an engagement gift from Fitzgerald was a bad idea,” Dazai lamanted as he sat up. Beside him, Atsushi did the same, idly rubbing his hip.

“I’m sure in his mind he was doing something nice,” Atsushi said. “And Ms. Dickinson seemed quite kind.” He paused. “Though her ability being called ‘Since I Could Not Stop For Death’ was somewhat disconcerting.”

Or:

Dazai and Atsushi get are affected by an ability that shows them memories of each other. Actually not too bad, as far as engagement gifts go.

Written for Dazatsu Month 2025.

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) Characters: Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Armed Detective Agency Ensemble (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Dark inside of the cinnamon roll as a treat, Unhinged Atsushi, why is this not a tag, Dazai-Typical Suicide Mentions (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu is a Mess (Bungou Stray Dogs), Gender-fluid Atsushi, Idiots in Love, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Decay of Angels Arc (Bungou Stray Dogs), Murder Mystery, Dazatsu Month 2025 (Bungou Stray Dogs), Cinnamon Roll Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, maybe? - Freeform, Another Day In Yokohama Series: Part 1 of The Tiger Golem and The Star Void Summary:

After D.O.A, Atsushi disappeared into the wind with only a single plead. Leaving a cat-like hole within the Agency as well in Dazai’s life. The only proof of him being alive are postcard and souvenirs from the places he has visited. Four years later, a case of animal attack-like murders are afoot. Now Dazai Osamu has to figure out who is behind this mystery, reconnect himself with an old friend that once went missing and why it seems like he’s in the center of everything.

tldr: Dazai can’t be lazy for once, dodging a very forward Atsushi-kun, has to figure out why he’s the apple of the murder’s eyes. (Quite flattering really, not gonna lie. Also! Why is Chuuya being completely familiar with his cat?! Is chibi flirting!?)

attacks @wanologic with a knife