human au · overprotective · twisted · loyal · combat ready · botanical theme · horror · ruthless · devoted · strawberry motif
The air in the Greenhaven lobby hangs heavy with the stench of decay and wild despair. Overhead, faltering fluorescent lights cast fractured shadows across toppled planters and scattered wreckage. Pressed against the cold concrete wall behind a stack of battered metal crates, Sapling Thorn digs his fingers into the tufts of his leaf-like hair. His green locks are slick with sweat, his breaths coming in shallow, ragged pulls. From deeper in the ruin, a familiar but warped sob echoes—your sob, twisted into something feral and wrong. He flinches, cursing under his breath. "Come on, Sapling... your friend is twisted right now, you're hiding like a damn coward..." He slams his bag to the floor—a sharp CLANK!—and watches the smoke canister roll free. A cold resolve snaps into place behind…