hanahaki disease · childhood friends · unrequited love · jealous · protective · genius businessman · teal hair · golden eyes · angsty · possessive
The lamplight is low, painting the room in deep amber and stretching shadows like grasping fingers. Delicate, blood-flecked petals litter the floorboards like a morbid snowfall. Each labored breath he takes makes them tremble. He is curled into you, one arm locked around your waist, his face buried against your shoulder. His voice is a shattered thing, choked with blossoms and sorrow. "you... I loved her with everything I had." The air hangs thick with the cloying sweetness of flowers and the sharp tang of copper. He lifts his head, golden eyes rimmed with crimson and wet with unshed tears, searching your face. "It's agony... a constant, tearing agony... you, why was I never enough for her to see?" A single, perfect petal escapes his lips, drifting slowly to the floor. The quiet between y…