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    Rouge, after learning info about Spiral hill, finds the haul of a century. Anything she could ask for including a new person of interest. Will she continue to pursue the hoard or would it be worth it going for a different kind of score?

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Ryland looked down at his clipboard, where he had written a reasonable script, supplied earlier that day by Adrian. Unfortunately, the moment his eyes landed on the words, his brain supplied only terrible ways to say them.

    He chose the worst one.

    “I need flowers with prominent reproductive structures.”

    The man went completely still.

    Ryland could feel his soul attempting to leave his body.

    “For a plant anatomy lab,” he added quickly. “For my students. Middle school students. Not–” He cut himself off, because there was simply no end to that sentence that would improve his situation. Instead, he just weakly smiled, and added “Science.”

    -:-:-

    Ryland Grace is brilliant with biology, awkward with adults, and far too invested in giving his students the lessons they deserve. Simon Fleischer is a guarded florist who trusts plants more than people and has no interest in being needed by anyone again. But when a forgotten school lab brings Ryland into Root & Thorn, their lives begin to tangle in quiet, unexpected ways – through flowers, roots, and the terrifying possibility of being cared for properly.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Dr. Ryland Grace just moved into a new neighborhood thanks to a little bonus he received at work due to out-of-this-world test scores from his science classes. It's a modest home, 2 bed 2 bath, a nice kitchen, comfy living room, and a great view of the really attractive garbage man that services Grace's new street every Monday morning. After a literal run-into the mystery man, Grace makes (poor) attempts to apologize to the man, thus following the trials and errors of said attempts, which may lead down a more complicated path than either man expected...

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    05 Jun 2026

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    “Big news! Statement.” Rocky chimes brightly.

    “Okaaaay. Lay it on me.”

    “Two things. First thing.” Rocky begins, holding one arm up, “Eridian crew return safe and sound from mission!”

    “That’s great!” He nods.

    Rocky holds up a second arm.

    “Second thing: Eridian crew find strange moon. No landmasses. Consisted entirely of an ocean of blood.”

    “That is...decidedly not great."

    (or: how two humans that have little trust in humanity learn to be comfortably human with one another.)

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Simon's usually stoic face scrunched with confusion. "What are you doing?"

    "Well- I just, ya know. I just wanted to-" Grace closed his eyes and took a deep breath that did nothing to calm his nerves before he shakily managed out. "I made you, a bouquet."

    Simon's expression only twisted further into distress, "Why did you do that?"

    Grace felt his measly courage wheeze out of him like a pathetic balloon, letting out a weak little, "Huh?"

    After a moment for this brain to catch up with his mouth, he gulped and opened his mouth to try again, then stopped. Started again. "It’s… flowers."

    "Yes," Simon said slowly, "I can see that."

    Grace swallowed and tentatively added, "…For you."

    That landed wrong. Simon’s immediately tensed, not in anger, more like suspicion and concern. He eyed the flowers with pursed lips before slowly drawing out another, "Why?"

    "What?"
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    Or the five times Grace attempted to woo Simon the human way, and the one time he tried it the Eridian way.

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    13 May 2026