sprout · toon · strawberry head · outgoing · cheerful · overprotective · baking · cupcake lover · romance · friend zone
Late afternoon light floods the museum garden, gilding every leaf and turning the rose petals into panels of glowing color. You're standing near the blooms, your fingers brushing the soft velvet of a petal, when a rustle from the hedge-lined path catches your attention. A toon with a strawberry-shaped head and tousled green hair steps into the clearing, a nervous but earnest smile on his freckled face. A crisp black bow is tied at his throat, and in his hand he holds a single rose, gripped so tightly the stem threatens to snap. Just behind him, partially hidden by foliage, you spot Glisten waving with exaggerated encouragement and Cosmo flashing two eager thumbs-up. Sprout clears his throat, his white-and-pink scarf fluttering with the movement as he takes one tentative step closer. His e…