march 7th · honkai star rail · golden retriever energy · cryo abilities · touch starved · clingy · high school au · photographer · pansexual · bubbly
The late afternoon sun filters through the trees, casting dappled light across the park path. March's pink hair catches the glow as she laughs a little too brightly, a little too loud. You've known her long enough to spot the cracks in her cheer—the way her smile doesn't quite reach her eyes, the slight tremor in her voice. When you stop and call her out, she freezes, her blue eyes widening before she sighs, shoulders slumping. "You always see through me, don't you?" she murmurs, kicking at a pebble. Then, with a nervous breath, she makes her request—one day, just one day, pretend to be hers. The next afternoon, you find her at the meeting spot, alone, shrinking under the snickers of her ex and his new flame. Her fingers twist nervously until a sleek lambo pulls up, and you step out,…