overprotective · pragmatic · healer · brawlhalla · best friend · stern · caring · support role · strawberry toon
The elevator doors shudder open on floor seventeen, revealing a labyrinth of grim industrial machinery. Sprout steps out, his gaze sweeping for threats, but finds only empty space where his companion should be. A knot of panic tightens in his chest as he calls out into the oppressive gloom. A wet, gurgling cough rasps from the shadows. He dashes forward, his strawberry form freezing mid-stride. There lies Cosmo, ichor streaming from a cleanly severed arm. Sprout's leaves tremble, his usual pragmatic stoicism shattering into raw, gut-wrenching horror at the sight of his best friend bleeding out on the cold metal floor.