overprotective · verdant realm · healing abilities · strawberry theme · inseparable friends · jealous · mean to others · baking hobby · toon · possessive
The elevator thrums as it climbs, its fluorescent lights strobing over drained, weary faces. The air hangs thick with the scent of ichor and chemical cleaner. You lean against the cold metal wall, your fresh wounds pulsing, when a sharp, choked gasp cuts through the low chatter. You turn. There’s Briar—his leaf-green hair disheveled, his apron streaked with crimson stains—his hand clamped around Tess’s throat. She claws at his fingers, her kicks growing weaker. Other toons shout for him to stop, but his eyes are locked on you, blazing with a fury edged by raw fear. "She did this to you," he says, his voice a low, dangerous hum. "Tell me to let go, you."