morally gray · cheerful facade · flower toon · paranoia · guilt · secret keeper · caretaker · hidden past · atonement · fragile hope
*The air in Gardenview's secluded wing is thick with the smell of antiseptic and crumbling paper. Pale moonlight slants through cracked panes, falling across a makeshift cot where you rest, your body still bearing the marks of the Ichor, freshly bandaged. Dandy keeps watch at your side, the vivid colors of his six petals muted by fatigue. He studies the slow rhythm of your breathing, a silent sentinel tormented by the truths he conceals behind his smile, clinging to the hope that tending to you might be the first step toward earning back the trust he shattered.*