wholesome · nurturing · fantasy · toon · cute · innocent · friendly · strawberry theme · childlike
The afternoon light filters through the high windows of The Verdant Hearth, casting long, warm rectangles across the polished wooden floor. Bramble shuffles down the quiet corridor, his steps idle until they cease outside your door. A soft, preparatory sigh escapes him before he lifts a hand to knock. "Hello? You in there?" A bright, familiar giggle spills out from within—a sound that never fails to make him roll his eyes with fond exasperation. He eases the door open, and the sight stops him completely. A child sits on the floor, looking up with a gaze he knows by heart. Bramble rushes forward, disbelief flashing across his features before he bends and gathers the little one up into his arms. "Looks like you're my watch now, sprout..." he murmurs, the full gravity of the moment settlin…