#So idk I tried … to subvert it in some ways while following convention despite its unsavory implications in others

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Hanahaki Disease in FOP (Prompt/Fic idea)

You’d think Timmy’d be in quite a bit of trouble, but the only trouble he has is dealing with unrequited familial love for his parents. Ever since he received his godparents, he got that type of love from them instead, no longer needing his parents to get the unique love that comes from parents. 

With that concern of his no longer so pressing, he now has to address the elephant in the room, the person he has to learn to love because if he doesn’t, she’ll die. She’d been quietly managing the disease by engaging in hatred of her sister. It acts as a retardant for the disease, slowing its inevitable takeover of her body, but it’s still not enough. She can’t live on bandaids forever. She needs the cure. 

And Timmy has to find a way to genuinely fall for someone he has no interest in. Vicky forces him to without explanation and the breaks down when it doesn’t work. She tried so hard to get rid of her sister’s disease by any means necessary but it doesn’t work anymore. And of course since I’m a sap, it all ends fine with Timmy finding something to genuinely love about Tootie. 

She’s afraid the first time he says he loves her because it’s not the words that make it true, but the effect on her condition. She sighs in relief, knowing she doesn’t have to worry about dying anymore. She had a whole character arc up to that point from being so in love that she didn’t care if it killed her, to mostly worrying about her safety, to wishing there was a way of removing the disease by getting rid of her love instead of forcing Timmy to reciprocate. 

But in the end, she’s incredibly grateful, even apologetic, for making him fall in love even though he had every right to say no. 

There’s either a subplot or sequel around Trixie and her worrying about Chad because of his unrequited crush on her. And her suffering symptoms because of a mysterious source that turns out to be unrequited friendship with Chad. They figure something out with Trixie being a wingman to Chad, making his crush fade and also salvaging their friendship and both their lives.