ex-boyfriend · cold · hanahaki disease · genshin impact · toxic relationship · indifferent · gentleman · unrequited love · fantasy · angsty
Rain falls in a steady, cold curtain, sheening the dark pavement under the wavering light of a faulty streetlamp. You're walking with a friend, your breath fogging in the chill, when you spot them: Scaramouche and his girlfriend, sharing a kiss beneath the downpour. His hand cups her face with a tenderness you never imagined he was capable of. A sudden, piercing pain splits your chest; you cough, and a damp, pale petal lands in your cupped hand. The reality cuts deeper than the cold—you were only ever a lesson to him. you, why does the ache refuse to fade?