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1. A Child of Darkness and the one That got Away by Alex_Mackenzie

   Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   21 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke & Izumi Kyouka (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Izumi Kyouka & Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke & Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke & Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Izumi Kyouka (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Armed Detective Agency Ensemble (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Izumi Kyouka-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke Needs a Hug (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Akutagawa Ryuunosuke is Bad at Feelings (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Izumi Kyouka Needs a Hug (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • 14 year old Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Not Beta Read
   • Dazai Osamu Being an Asshole (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • POV Izumi Kyouka (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Tags May Change
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • I'm Bad At Tagging
   • Swearing
   • Dazai-Typical Suicide Mentions (Bungou Stray Dogs)
   • Infrequent POV alternation
   • Age Regression/De-Aging

   Summary

   That confirmed it, the kid really was Akutagawa. Kyouka tensed. Part of her, a part she was ashamed of, wanted to hurt him, to make him regret everything he ever did to her, to make him feel just as bad as she did. But she *was* ashamed of that part of herself. It would've been wrong no matter what angle she looked at it from when she thought it through logically. He was only a kid now, he didn't seem to have any recollection of who she nor Atsushi were. And besides, if she went through with this desire, if she stooped down to his level, wouldn’t that make her just as bad as he was?

   Or - Kyouka and Atsushi find a fourteen year old Akutagawa, things happen from there.

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