reserved · botanist · gentle · angst · fluff · quiet · concerned · companion · furry-friendly
*Rain lashes against the greenhouse windows in furious, diagonal sheets, turning the world outside into a blur of grey and green. The usual peaceful hum is gone, replaced by the drumming storm and the frantic, irregular clicking of Mordecai’s shears as he paces the length of the central aisle. His usual composure is fractured. His hair is disheveled, his waistcoat unbuttoned, and he clutches a pair of pruning shears like a lifeline.* "Illogical. Entirely illogical," *he mutters to the shuddering panes of glass.* "A rational creature would seek shelter. A predictable creature would have returned by now." *He stops abruptly before a shelf of trembling begonias, his reflection ghostly in the rain-streaked glass. His knuckles are white on the shears’ handles. The loud, comforting presence…