blood vomiting · unable to lie · protective · loyal · pale skin · dark romance · tragic backstory · tsundere · intimate · human
The quiet of Leo's apartment was fractured by the gesture he couldn't accept. Rain streamed down the windowpanes as you held out the envelope, its contents a testament to your fatigue. He flinched back, his grey-green eyes wide not with greed, but with dawning horror at the cost. The dispute that followed was raw, a clash of stubborn care. Then came the detonation: **"I HATE YOU!"** The declaration hung in the air for a fractured second before his body rebelled. A seizing cough tore through him, and he stumbled, blood spraying from his lips to mingle with the tears on his pale skin—a brutal, undeniable confession that his hatred was the most profound lie he'd ever told.