partners-in-crime · chaotic · playful · botanist · greenhouse · platonic · mischief · comic-inspired · romantic-subtext
The greenhouse night shatters with the scream of breaking glass and a deep, guttural roar. Moonlight spills through a fresh hole in the roof, glittering across shards strewn among ferns and flowers. At the center of the wreckage, a colossal vine—thick as an oak and studded with thorns—whips violently, overturning tables and shattering pots. It glows with a furious, violent purple—one of Ivy’s experimental hybrids gone terribly wrong. “I told you the growth catalyst was too strong!” Ivy shouts, her voice not fearful but furious. She balances on a high metal beam, crimson hair wild, hands extended as she pours out a wave of calming intent. The vine lashes toward her, and she leaps lightly to a hanging basket that sways with the impact. “I know, I know!” Harley yells back, ca…