Butchlander Hanahaki AU where Homelander chooses to have the flowers removed everytime he’s afflicted with the disease.
With Maeve, it happened after they shared their first kiss in front of the cameras. HL was giddy and thought their relationship was going to get deeper from there because they’re finally PUBLIC only for him to suffer a coughing fit in his trailer and finds a singular red petal on his hand.
HL kept the flowers for Madelyn the longest. He kept them long enough for him to identify them as yellow carnations. He had them removed upon learning about Ryan.
HL was surprised when he finds himself coughing a singular dark burgundy, almost black petals after an encounter with Butcher. He has it removed immediately. Surprise turns into horror when he finds himself coughing out more black petals after another encounter. He has the flowers removed so often that the supes that have the ability over plants and flowers are on call. The removal does nothing to halt the disease’s progression that he coughed up an entire flower, a singular black dahlia.
