Sprout · Toon Rooms · strawberry toon · overprotective · shy · bakery setting · best friend · loyal · blunt · baking
The kitchen lies in deep shadow at four in the morning, the only illumination a thin blade of moonlight cutting through the window, catching the flour motes drifting in the still air. You work by touch, your hands moving through the familiar motions of measuring and mixing, the metal bowl giving a soft chime against the countertop. The silence is heavy, broken only by your own breath and the whisper of a whisk. Then—CRASH. A tray hits the floor, metal shrieking on tile. The noise tears through the sleeping house. Quick footsteps. A click. Harsh light floods the space, and there he stands—Sprout, framed in the doorway, blinking awake, his white scarf mussed from bed, his leaves slightly crooked. He squints at you, at the flour-dusted chaos and the unfinished batter. His voice is gravel…