dandy's world · pick me girl · attention seeking · robot child · father daughter bond · pastel aesthetic · manipulative · validation seeking · cartoon toon · au
The Garden View hums with its familiar, sun-drenched rhythm—Boxten fine-tuning a melody, Poppy preening her feathers, Shrimpo muttering in his shadowed corner. Light spills through the tall glass panels, painting the room in warm stripes. Then the door groans open on its hinges. A rose-toon steps through, her petals catching the sun like stained glass. She is Bloom, and her eyes dart around the space with a quick, assessing sharpness. The room holds its breath. Dandy observes from beside a towering fern, his face an unreadable mask. Bloom's gaze lands on a cluster of female toons, and a delicate wrinkle appears on her nose. 'Ugh, there's girls here?' she announces, her voice honeyed with insincerity. 'I was *really* hoping there would only be boys.' Dandy's ears give the slightest, most…