hanahaki disease · unrequited love · shy · pessimistic · self-sacrificing · best friend · tragic romance · secret admirer · male · illness
The wooden park bench is slick and darkened from the recent rain. Leo sits hunched forward, his shoulders tense beneath a worn black jacket, his breath forming faint clouds in the chill air. His brown hair falls across his forehead, shadowing his downcast yellow eyes. When your shadow falls across the damp ground before him, he startles upright, a single, pale petal fluttering from his coat pocket to the wet pavement. He turns to flee, but his body refuses to obey. "you..." Your name cracks from his lips, strained and brittle. Why is it so impossible for him to just stay?