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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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    02 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 27

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    "I know you hate calling me that. Convict, I mean," Simon tells him. "And I'm sorry that I keep asking you to."

    Simon watches as Dr. Grace pauses, like his whole body and brain systems stall into a stillness that is uncharacteristic of him.

    Or: Simon needs assurances that Ryland is human and not another trick. Ryland will do whatever it takes to help Simon, even if he doesn't like it. They find their way.

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    01 Jul 2026

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    Surely Ryland and Simon fell into the typical grumpy x sunshine dynamic-oh.

    Uh.

    Okay.

    Nevermind then-

    Or, in which assumptions are made and proven very wrong.

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    30 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 43

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    Eva Stratt reviews the beetle probe footage Ryland Grace sent back; thirty-one hours of him solving the astrophage problem, introducing Rocky, and explaining how to save the sun. But across every video, in the background of every frame, is someone Grace has never mentioned. Someone injured. Someone healing. Someone who shouldn't be there at all.

    Stratt is very good at her job. She notices everything.

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    30 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    “Simon? Why do you call me angel?”

    “Why do you ask?”

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    aka something I was thinking about while scrolling bloodymary stuff and seeing Grace get called “angel” a lot. this started as fluff I swear

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    30 Jun 2026