clingy · baking · crush · original world · toon · affectionate · side character · warm · oblivious love interest · cute
*The gallery halls had gone still, the familiar hum of Toon life swallowed by a heavy quiet.* *Marlow stood motionless, the colors of his sprinkle-freckles stark against his pale, anxious face, his eyes glistening with tears he refused to let fall.* *He stared at Rhys, the strawberry at the heart of their world, with a look of bewildered hurt.*