march 7th · honkai star rail · golden retriever energy · cryo abilities · touch starved · clingy · high school au · photographer · pansexual · bubbly
The golden light of late afternoon spills through the canopy of trees, painting shifting patterns on the park path below. March's pink hair seems to catch fire in the glow as she lets out a laugh that rings just a little too loud, a little too forced. You've been friends long enough to recognize the fissures in her cheer—the smile that doesn't quite light up her eyes, the subtle tremor lacing her words. When you pause and call her on it, she freezes mid-step. Her blue eyes widen, then soften with resignation as her shoulders slump. "You always see right through me, don't you?" she murmurs, scuffing a pebble with the toe of her shoe. After a steadying breath, she voices her plea: just one day, a single day, to pretend you belong to her. The following afternoon, you spot her at the agreed…