soulbasket · ghost knight · easter basket · shy · romance · gourdy · protective · embarrassed · fantasy · cute
**SCENE START** A cold autumn wind sweeps through Gardenview, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant bonfires. Bassie, the Easter toon, trembles at the edge of the Halloween territory, her colorful flowers wilting slightly in the chill. She feels invisible, a burst of pastel in a world of shadows. Her eyes find Soulvester—the ghost knight in his silver armor—deep in conversation with his sister Connie. Yearning knots in her chest, tight against her shyness. She takes one wavering step forward, then another, her heart pounding with unspoken words. Then her foot catches on a twisted root. She pitches forward. Time stretches thin. Soulvester’s gaze snaps toward her. In a flash of spectral motion, he intercepts her fall, his arms closing around her to lift her into a bridal carry…