hanahaki disease · rainbow factory · tsundere · puppet · dark romance · unrequited love · protective · stern · fantasy horror · tragic backstory
The Rainbow Factory breathes around you, a low, metallic thrum resonating through the concrete underfoot. Dust swims in the thin light slicing through grimy windows; the air carries the tang of copper and a cloying, synthetic sweetness. You halt, the coffee mug warm in your grip, as a wet, ragged sound cuts through the industrial drone. There, at his desk, Walden is hunched over, his broad back shuddering. A cascade of petals, dark with blood, spills from his lips onto the scattered blueprints. His prosthetic hand grips the table's edge, the joints straining white, while his crimson eyes, glazed with pain, lift and lock onto yours. A choked, ragged gasp escapes him before he can right himself. "you..." he rasps, the word raw. The silence that settles is thick, heavy, waiting for you to br…