Spring snow
Pairing!: Jaehyun x Y/N
Genre!: angst, unrequited terminal illness
Synopsis!: spring always came easy for you and jaehyun, until winter came late and all that was left was a letter in your hand and tears on Jaehyuns hospital bed
Warnings!: mentions of death, major death, Jaehyun is sick, blurb, open ending
Last winter you held jaehyuns hand in the snowy fields, throwing snowballs and sledding with thick gloves and heavy jackets. Then when spring came you wrapped him up in sunlight and planted yourself deep in his heart like flower seeds. Love and innocence holding you two together like vines.
this year though Jaehyun wasnât sure if heâd make it to spring. Stuck behind a big glass window, forced to watch the first bits of snow hit the grass. The soft beeps of the heart monitor and the drips of the IV reminded him of the little time he had left.
He was constantly in and out of the hospital with an unknown sickness and an impending doom, there was still so much he needed to do, things he still wanted to say to you. But like roads that were winding to the same destination he knew his fate wasnât going to change.
Jaehyun didnât tell you he was sick, not wanting you to see him weak and broken. He carried the strength of a flower against the harsh winter winds, your worried face making his stomach twist and his fists ball the sheets beneath him. Your soft voice begging for an explanation, emotions swirling like an uncontrollable winter with tears that were uncontrollable.
If jaehyun could go back in time he wouldâve done everything right, even if he was still going to die in the end. As long as he knew you'd be okay without him. Itâs not like he wanted to hurt you like this, but to watch the restraint in your face hiding the clouds you carried. He was just a weak man physically and mentally.
So instead of telling you, Jaehyun wrote you a letter some icy day he was stuck in his dim hospital room and slipped it into your bag the next day he was out. mourning a life he couldâve had, the dreams of a life to have with you that werenât meant for him.
âDear. My darling
By the time you read this I probably wonât be here anymore, so quickly read this and throw it away.
I know I promised you after winter weâd go watch the first spring sunrise together and I hope you forgive me for holding this secret from you. But please be happy and joyful for me because Iâll never be able to love you again.
The doctors dont know what is wrong with me so please let me be selfish just this once even if youâre mad at me forever, Iâm sorry for not telling you sooner. I just wanted you to be happy and for me to be the reason. I regret that I couldn't do more for you, that I didn't do more for you.
Don't shed too many tears while Iâm gone because Iâll be amongst the spring flowers pushing up the roots for you.â
Just like that the next week he was back in the hospital curled up on the bed, but this time he wasn't sure heâd be leaving. Frustrated and head full of âwhat couldâve beenâ thoughts, Jaehyun could only lay there and cry. He thought heâd get better, to be able to take you to every field he knew and sit under the trees together. But the more jaehyun cried the more he wished crying could save lives; his life.
But because tears couldnât save lives, he was still going to die.
Even when you came running through the hospital doors jaehyun still tried to be strong for you, a sickly weak smile only you could recognize from your lover.
âWhy did you lie to me?! Why didnât you tell me you were dying!â Your voice hiccuping with sobs chopping your words apart. your chest tight as you took in his pale body. Your hands are as warm as the first spring without him, trying to scoop him up into your embrace.
âThis isnât funny myung jaehyun! Get up please- you promised me weâd watch the cherry blossoms bloom! You canât leave me.â Tears staining your cheeks and your heart fracturing deeper than flower roots, you pull jaehyun closer to you. His body is as cold as the last winter you spent together.
Cradled in your arms like winter being melted in the warmth of spring. The sound of your cries bloomed the first flowers Jaehyun had wished to see. Wrapping him around a blanket of dreams and memories.
There he lay in your silhouette his passing quicker than the spring flowers could bloom, a death colder than he deserved.
Not a goated writer yet so a lil rushed and bad grammar or whatever oomf saidđ«°đ«°đ«°















