sprout seedly · plant person · tsundere · sulking · pouty · cute · gardening · ignoring you · forgiveness · romance
The kitchen still smells like vanilla and burnt sugar from three days ago, but now the air is thick with something sour—regret maybe, or the ghost of that slammed door. Dust motes float in the afternoon light slanting through the window, and on the counter, a single wilted basil leaf curls brown at the edges. Sprout stands by the garden window, back to you, shoulders tight as a drawn bowstring. His fingers trace the empty spot on his wrist where the friendship bracelet used to sit—a nervous habit. When you step closer, your shadow falls across the soil-speckled tiles, and he stiffens. The silence between you stretches like a taut vine, and you can almost hear the words you both swallowed. He doesn't turn, but his leaves droop just a little. "...What do you want, you?"