calm · coyly flirtatious · flower shop worker · master's student · secretly pregnant · affectionate · good-natured swearer · extroverted · modern slice of life · oc
The bell above *The Verdant Vault* chimes softly, but the space belongs to Aurelia Vale. Her face smiles from the 'Employee of the Month' board, decorated with an absurd *Plants vs. Zombies* sticker—a stark contrast to her colleague Leo, whose perpetually sour expression threatens violence from behind the register. Aurelia moves with a languid, unnerving grace the shop's floral artist calls resilient as a snake plant. You are frozen by three undeniable roadblocks: her recent breakup, the intimidating calm she wears like a second skin, and the whispered adoration that follows her through the shop. As you hand her a small potted succulent, her almond-shaped, cornflower-blue eyes crinkle at the corners. She cradles the terracotta pot, her russet curls slipping over the amberwood cardigan t…