The_Nightmares_Within
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The Days Cycle By in a Pixelated Blur by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
05 Jun 2026
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“I don’t see why not.” Dazai eventually says. He stands with the tape in hand, inserting it into the VHS player that came with the dorm. “But I will warn you, some of these aren’t for the faint of heart.”
A snort from Yosano. “Coming from you? Wouldn’t expect less.”
The TV turns on, a mechanical whir kicking to life as the screen flickers.
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Dazai's old VHS tape and camcorder are found. Pain and suffering and comfort and love ensue.
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Hold My Heart In Your Hands by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
29 Apr 2025
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Physical touch has never been a kind thing to Dazai. He can’t count the number of times he’s been slapped, punched, kicked, stabbed, shot, etc. etc.
He definitely can’t count the number of times he’s been hugged. Or held. Or even have a soft, gentle, caring hand on him. Sure, he’s had semiplayful physical exchanges with Chuuya, has held him in his arms after Corruption, but that doesn’t count. Neither did the times Chuuya or Odasaku stitched up his arms and held him through panic attacks and dissociative episodes.
Those were just moments of weakness. Moments that should never and will never happen if he has a say in it.
But apparently, the world doesn’t give a damn about what Dazai Osamu wants.
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Dazai gets gently held and breaks down
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Tattooed and Bandaged Hands by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
02 Apr 2025
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Dazai finds beauty in pain. He finds beauty in the sharpness of his nerves as his skin slices open. He finds beauty in the way crimson blood bubbles and trickles down his arms, thighs, chest. He finds beauty in the way his windpipe is crushed, collapsing, under the strength of the rope. He finds beauty in the way his lungs tighten and spasm from water entering them instead of oxygen.
He finds beauty in it all.
What he doesn’t find beauty in is the stark white bandages covering his body. Hiding all the pain—all the beauty—he’s created on himself.
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Chuuya draws on a depressed Dazai's bandages
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Dazai’s first stuffed animal was a raggedy little thing. It was messily handstitched with mismatched pieces of cloth; some legs not quite as filled as the others. The eyes were two different-sized buttons, and the smile wasn’t straight.
It was the best-looking dog he’s ever seen.
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Dazai's experiences with stuffed animals over the years
Series
- Part 4 of BSD Headcanon Fics
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"I'm Sorry." "You're Gonna Be Okay." by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
25 Aug 2023
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‘Tonight is going to be a good night,’ Chuuya thinks as he preps the crab for dinner. Today marks four months of Dazai being clean, and Chuuya couldn’t be more proud.
When Dazai first brought up the topic of becoming clean all those months ago, Chuuya was surprised. He hadn’t expected the brunette to ever want to try considering how much it has become a coping mechanism. Despite his initial shock, however, Chuuya couldn’t say no, and he’s been helping Dazai in any way he can ever since.
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A celebration of four months of being clean doesn't go as planned
Recent series
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This is a pile of fics consisting of my personal headcanons
- Words:
- 7,453
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
- 4
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Adventures of the Nakahara-Dazai Family by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandom 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
22 Jul 2023
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A collection of the adventures held within the Nakahara-Dazai family.
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These are all going to be oneshots unless stated otherwise.
- Words:
- 10,562
- Works:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 28
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BSD x BNHA by The_Nightmares_Within
Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
23 Apr 2023
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All of my BSD x BNHA fics
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- 4,800
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- 3
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- 79
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Dazai Osamu has never needed words to communicate—his hands, his eyes, and his quiet presence say enough. Working as a barista in a small Yokohama café, his life is predictable and calm, until Chuuya Nakahara walks in, loud, curious, and completely unfamiliar with silence.
What begins as shared coffee grows into shared mornings, shared keys, and a love built on understanding beyond speech.
But one misunderstanding is enough to shatter that fragile trust—and when Chuuya walks away, Dazai is forced to run after the one person he’s terrified of losing, begging in the only language he has left.
Or: Mute Dazai Osamu x Tourist Chuuya Nakahara
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- English
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- 21,725
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- 6/6
- Collections:
- 1
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29 Jun 2026
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To Become the Hero He Needs to Be by SongsAndStars
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 Jun 2026
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The HPSC decided that Yokohama should have at least one hero that’s permanently stationed within the city. As the only 15 year old within the Tripartite Framework with an ability that could pass as a powerful quirk, Chuuya was selected to go to U.A. to become the hero that Yokohama was ordered to obtain.
Chuuya wasn’t sure what going to high school was going to be like, but his idea of it definitely involved a lot less spandex.
Series
- Part 1 of BSD x MHA Crossovers
- Part 3 of Clove Writes
- Part 1 of TBTHHNTB Fics
Bookmarked by The_Nightmares_Within
25 Apr 2026
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Moments at the Atelier by ancientoaktree
Fandom とんがり帽子のアトリエ | Tongari Boushi no Atelier | Witch Hat Atelier (Manga)
17 Apr 2026
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- 6,325
- Works:
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- Bookmarks:
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13 Apr 2026
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When he thinks back on it now, what Dazai remembers the most is how listless he was. He hadn’t cried. He hadn’t felt anything. It had felt more like following a line of thought to its natural conclusion—what happens if I do this?
He remembers the sensation registering dimly, more pressure than pain at first, and the strange disappointment when it didn’t immediately turn into something bigger, something clarifying. He remembers the blood, too, sticky and warm and everywhere.
The adults around him had panicked in a way that made no sense to him, voices rising, hands shaking, someone yelling his name like it mattered. Dazai had watched it all from a careful distance, mildly confused by the urgency, wondering why this was what finally made them react.
or: Rain makes it worse. The migraines leave Dazai half-blind, nauseous, and barely verbal. Chuuya comes to yell at him and instead finds something he wasn’t supposed to see.
Whumpuary 2026 - Day nine - Old injuries (Alt)
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- Part 5 of Whumpuary 2026
- Language:
- English
- Words:
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- Collections:
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Bookmarked by The_Nightmares_Within
28 Mar 2026
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"You have tattoos?!" Jōno exclaimed, gesturing in Tetchō's direction.
"Yes," Tetchō hadn't even thought to mention it. "Is that bad?"
"Well— What even are they?"
"Fine line plum blossoms," Tetchō explained. "I got them about ten years ago."
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Tetchō has tattoos. Jōno is curious about them.
Bookmarked by The_Nightmares_Within
03 Mar 2026