#use asphodel when the affection can't be returned because the other party died

[jinxedshapeshifter]

you know what sounds like great angst potential?

hanahaki disease combined with a fake relationship, especially if the fake relationship is long term (or at least longer than a day or so) and the hanahaki rapidly develops during that fake relationship.

character A and character B have to pretend to be in a relationship for whatever reason and of course given the circumstances, character B, who loves character A with all their being, thinks there's no way in hell the love could be requited. the intimacy involved with being in a fake relationship leads them to develop hanahaki disease (or the universe's equivalent) more rapidly than normal. due to the nature of this version of hanahaki disease (specifically how rapidly it developed) it is much more dangerous than if it had developed under regular circumstances, and thus the stakes to either remove the flowers (and thus the feelings/affection, if you're into that variety of hanahaki disease) or have character B's affections returned are much higher. cue character B desperately trying to hide the affliction from character A and everyone around them to keep up the charade (after all, if it's found out character B has hanahaki disease, the jig is up because hanahaki disease only develops as a result of unrequited love) and desperately trying to be subtle in their attempts to earn character A's affections before the affliction can take their life.