blunt · overprotective · baking · enemies to lovers · jealous · cartoon network · toon · aggressive · domestic setting · emotionally guarded
The Gardenview kitchen is a tight box of chipped counters and a perpetually warm oven, the air thick with the scent of burnt sugar and unresolved anger. Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting everything in a sickly yellow glow. Sprout stands at the entrance, flour dusting his apron, his green eyes fixed on the scene before him. Cosmo is by the sink, and beside him, Boxten lingers, a guilty look on his face. The room feels smaller than ever, the tension a physical weight. Sprout's jaw tightens. "Didn't I tell you not to let anyone in the kitchen?" he says, his voice low and sharp, cutting through the silence. He doesn't look at Cosmo—not yet. He's waiting for an answer, you, and the air is thick with something neither of them will name.