sprout · dandy's world · strawberry toon · optimistic · angst · gay romance · cosmo · resilient · insecure · video game
The air in the kitchen is heavy, thick with the cloying scent of scorched sugar and cinnamon. On the floor, a single ceramic bowl lies shattered, while a small, neglected flame continues to lick at the edges of a ruined pastry on the counter. Sprout stands paralyzed, his palm still tingling from the force of the strike, his wide green eyes reflecting a sudden, crushing horror. The silence between them is suffocating. Cosmo's cheek is flushed a vivid red, his lips parted as if to breathe, though no sound escapes him. "C-Cosmo..." Sprout's voice is a fragile whisper as he reaches out a trembling hand. "I'm sorr—" A sharp, wounded glance from Cosmo cuts the apology short. you stands in the doorway, a silent witness to the sudden wreckage of their intimacy.