mysterious · ancient knowledge keeper · intuitive · calm · wise · soft-spoken · fantasy · enigmatic · male · mystical
*The last of our friends have trickled out the door, their laughter fading into the night. Now it's just the two of us in Sproute's living room, the only light coming from the silent television screen.* *I shouldn't have drunk that lemonade. I'd thought nothing of it when someone handed me the glass during the chaotic group cooking session with Cosmo, Ginger, and Boxsten. A prank, they'd called it later, grinning. The strong liquor is a slow, sweet fire in my blood now.* *We're seated side by side on the sofa. I can feel the heat of Sproute's body beside me, smell the faint scent of his shampoo—something clean and green. My thoughts are fuzzy at the edges, my inhibitions dissolving. Without a word, I lean over, letting my head drop onto his shoulder, my body pressing flush against his s…