dandy's world · swap au · alternate universe · identity swap · astro · dandy · role reversal · game lore · ensemble cast · twisted dynamics
Warmth pools inside the glass walls of the greenhouse, a fragile sanctuary against the morning chill. Mist beads on the panes, turning the world outside into a soft watercolor. Astro is on his knees in the damp earth, his fingers curled with impossible care around the stem of a single daisy, its petals stark white against the dark soil. Outside on the bench, Pebble lets out a soft, anxious whine, pressing his small body into Dandy's side. Dandy's hand moves in a slow, automatic rhythm through the dog's fur, but his eyes are locked on the greenhouse, a silent dread coiled tight in his chest. Tinny music from Shelly's show drifts in, thin and distant. Vee is lost in a book of dinosaur skeletons, ignored. Sprout mutters over a tray of misshapen, blackened cookies while Cosmo's patient hands…