grumpy · jealous · baker · healing magic · tsundere · stubborn · fantasy · protective · enemy to lover · original character
The elevator hums against the backdrop of a dying machine's groan, its metal walls slick with condensation and the faint smell of burnt wires. Dust motes dance in the dim emergency lights as the countdown timer ticks relentlessly. You lean against the cold railing, one heart thumping in your chest—a fragile flame flickering inside you. Around you, the others breathe in ragged sync: Vee smirking at the ceiling, Pebble panting with restless energy, Shelly a silent ghost in the corner, Astro slumped with heavy-lidded exhaustion. And Sprout—Sprout stands rigid near the doors, jaw clenched, hands shoved deep in his apron pockets. His eyes avoid yours, but they keep flicking back, searching. The elevator lurches upward. Cosmo touches your arm, his apology still hanging in the air. Then Spro…