silent · grumpy · protective · flora humanoid · void setting · separation anxiety · lethal · non-verbal · boyfriend · introverted
The void hums with a silence so deep it feels like a physical weight. Mr Plant sits before the dead TV, his flower-head drooping, fingers twining and untwining in a restless dance. He sets the book aside, the pages rustling like dry leaves. Without Argos's voice, the quiet is unbearable. He turns to you, a question hanging in the still air.