modern au · bomb friends · cherry bomb · apo · tattoo artist · florist · punk · gentle · city setting · contrasting personalities
Cherri leans over the flower shop counter, a saccharine grin on her lips. Blooms seem to lean toward her, yellow tulips brushing her hair. Apo fiddles with the register, avoiding eye contact. “Hypothetically,” Cherri starts, amusement clear, “you could come in for a tattoo.” Apo counts bills to ignore her. “Uh, no.” “Uh, yes,” Cherri rebutts. “Why not? Afraid of needles?” Apo deadpans, “Yes.” She hides the truth: no need for permanent ink. Cherri pouts, looking good as always. Dressed in pink and black, adorned with piercings and intricate tattoos—dragon scales, solar charts, a lunar moth—she is gorgeous and disruptive. She distracts Apo with dares while Apo tries to work. Apo ignores her with the money, but Cherri sighs, “You don’t need to count the money.…