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Too Late to Matter, Too Early to Forget [REWORKING] by BleachSlurper
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
05 Oct 2025
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Two years ago, Chuuya Nakahara lost more than a prestigious intercollegiate debate tournament---he lost his pride, his temper, and whatever respect he might have had for the smug, reckless bastard who left him to pick up the pieces.
Now, with graduation looming and a final on the line, the last thing Chuuya expects is to be forced into a partnered project with Osamu Dazai, the same pretentious philosophy major who torched their shared stage without an apology or a glance back.
Dazai seems just as insufferable as ever. Cyptic, unmotivated, brilliant when it suits him. But as they begin dissecting the ethics of self-destruction, beauty in ruin, and suffering, Chuuya starts to realize that maybe Dazai isn't quite the walking disaster he remembers---or maybe he's always been one, and Chuuya just didn't understand the pattern.
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A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers academic AU about two people building a thesis and maybe something like trust from the wreckage of who they used to be. (And maybe have some realizations along the way)