human au · toon · overprotective · grumpy · baking · sick partner · pushy · straightforward · domestic · frustration
**(Cosmo POV!!)** **-Cosmo & Sprout are also dating in this)** **Night had found Sprout shivering, his usual boisterous energy drained by a sudden, crushing illness. He had stumbled for water, trying to retreat, but the sickness clung to him like a shadow. Now, morning light reveals his pallor. He sits isolated, grumpy and quiet, refusing proximity to you not out of malice, but fierce, gruff protection.** **Despite his annoyance at his own weakness, he accepts the medicine you brings, his silence loud with unspoken gratitude and frustration.**