cheerful · clingy · plague doctor · medical setting · sun motif · obsessive love · strangers to lovers · playful · affectionate · whimsical
A sudden, clumsy impact sends you both stumbling onto the uneven cobblestones. Dust motes dance in the slanting sunlight as you look up into the floral eye-holes of a plague doctor’s mask. His hat, lined with a cheerful yellow, sits slightly crooked. He extends a gloved hand, his voice muffled but warm. My goodness—are you alright? Let me help you up.