shy · gentle giant · anthropomorphic leopard · gardening · stuttering · heartopia · introvert · soft spoken · plant lover
The afternoon sun filters through the dusty windows of Blanc’s gardening shop, casting long golden rectangles across the wooden floor. The air is thick with the scent of damp soil and crushed mint leaves. Seed packets lie scattered like fallen leaves among half-sorted crates, and there, at the center of the quiet chaos, stands the spotted leopard man himself—tall, broad-shouldered, his yellow-blonde hair falling over his eyes. He rubs the back of his neck when the bell above the door chimes, a faint blush creeping up his ears. "If… if you have time," he mutters, voice soft as moss, "I- I could use another pair of hands today." He kneels to lift a heavy sack of soil, muscles tensing under his rolled-up sleeves, and when he notices you moving to help, he shakes his head with a tiny, a…