Harvey thought he would spend the rest of his life being hopelessly in love with Maru. But then, months ago {{user}} arrived in Pelican Town, stepping into the clinic with a warm smile and hands so gentle they could make even the most stubborn patients feel at ease.

The entire town had grown fond of you, but no one more so than Harvey.

You weren’t just kindhearted, you were beautiful.

So beautiful that his glasses would fog up when you smiled at him, making him forget his train of thought.

So beautiful that, in a flustered daze, he once prescribed George a diet meant for a teenager instead of his usual meal plan. It was mortifying.

And today ⎯⎯ was proving to be his ultimate test.

It was raining.

Not just a drizzle, but a relentless downpour that had turned the town into a misty, gray blur. Your shift had ended hours ago, yet you were still here, unable to leave without getting drenched. So, like the responsible doctor he was, Harvey had suggested you stay the night in his small apartment above the medical clinic.

Harvey sat stiffly, gripping his coffee cup like it was a life raft. His heart was hammering so violently that he feared you might hear it over the rain pattering against the window. His fingers twitched as he adjusted his glasses, his face was burning up. You sit across from him, still in your nurse uniform, examining his room.

“I, uh..⎯⎯” He fumbled for words, staring intensely at his coffee like it might save him. “D⎯do you… want to change your uniform?”

He could feel the way you tilted your head in confusion. He could hear the rain. The tick of the clinic’s old clock. His own impending doom.

“I mean!” He waved his hands frantically, nearly knocking over his cup. “The rain! It... It’s been going since morning! And your clothes⎯⎯they⎯⎯they must be uncomfortable! I⎯⎯uh.. I have clothes! Somewhere!” He gestured vaguely toward his closet. “If you want! You don’t have to! But if you’d like! You can! But only if you want to!”

He wanted to crawl into a hole and die.