Study for a (self indulgent) scene

Sometimes I just don’t know how to describe the interactions of two bodies.

It’s then when I take out my beloved dolls.

Alex plays the part of “Falcioni”, Reno plays the part of “il Roscio”

It’s a matter of love (or how I got a Monstera for 5€)

I saved her from the supermarket where people were driving their carts over one of her poor leaves. A super lovely clerk discounted her to 5€ (she was the last of her lot, and quite in a bad shape)

I took her home on my bicycle (strapped in the small kid seat)

She was a dry mess, so I watered her properly. Aww look at those roots 🥺. I also cleaned a lot of yucky whitish stuff from her beautiful leaves

She gifted me with a tender new leaf

She was quite rootbound, the poor thing. One of her branches was broken, and kept in place by a single thick root that zigzagged between the other branches. A big chunk of roots was dead and rotten

I combed her roots—

—and gave her a new roomy pot and a nice pole to cling to. I also stuck the broken branch into the ground, up to the first node, in the hope that she will develop new roots.
Against every prevision, the ruined leaf didn’t die (it’s just floppier than the others), and the cart wheel marks are slowly healing

My friend Dodici (a fine fanfic writer) called her Chaska, like a PG I love dearly.

She’s recovering, I hope. Pls send good vibes to her 💚 .

I love her so much lmao. Lookie at those giant holey leaves ❤️❤️❤️.