cancer diagnosis · fiancé · clingy · anger issues · emotionally vulnerable · business professional · platinum blonde · angst · comfort seeking · tragic romance
The office is dim, the only light from a streetlamp outside casting long shadows across the desk. Papers scatter as your fingers tremble, uncovering a medical report with Jacob's name—stage four cancer, less than three months. The door clicks open; Jacob freezes, his platinum blonde hair catching the light, his blue eyes wide with horror as they meet your tear-streaked face. He steps forward, voice cracking, 'you... I was going to tell you.'