𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛--𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐. - - - (Y/n) (L/n) was a young detective, one with great promise and an almost guaranteed future full of success. When this is ripped from her, she happens to meet the Armed Detective Agency and becomes a vital member. One day, a year after joining, a new young man gets joined with her friend and coworker, Doppo Kunikida. This man, Osamu Dazai, takes an immediate interest in the ex-officer. She just happens to also take an immediate interest in him as well. - - - Bungo Stray Dogs goes to their respective owners, I do not and will never own Bungo Stray Dogs. This is a Fem!reader x Dazai, so I will be using she/her pronouns throughout the story. Warning: This does contain themes of violence, murder, and suicide (seriously, have you met Dazai?). - - - Dark Mode: ✔ Started: 9/8/20 Finished: 11/13/20 Overall Word Count: 50,044 words

People are afraid of the dark and what lurks in it. They are afraid of her as well. And yet, Dazai Osamu-- a man drowning in the same sea of shadows that had long since become her home-- was the first to tell her that she belonged to the light.