#keeping plants

[kywaslost]

Keeping Plants *Platonic Hawks Imagine Series*

A/N: Sorry for the long wait for this one, I've been out and about lately. I'm also working on creating an OC and storyline for an erasermic family dynamic that I've been thinking about. Hope you enjoy!

“N/N, what is that?” Hawks asked with a laugh as he stepped into the apartment. He had just gotten off work when he opened the door to see you standing in the kitchen with a small pot sitting on the counter.

“A cactus!” you smiled brightly, turning the pot around slowly to look at the plant.

Hawks kicked off his shoes and hung up his hero jacket. He walked over to the counter and leaned against it, watching as you turned the plant around in circles. “Why do you have a cactus?”

“I’ve always wanted to own a cactus,” you answered. “And I saw this one when I went to go pick up some orange juice, so I decided to get it.” You looked at Hawks and smiled. “And! If I forget to water it for a while, it’s ok!” Hawks chuckled as he ruffled your hair, rounding the island to dig through the fridge.

“Alright then, whatever makes you happy kiddo.”

Hawks came home a week later, again to another surprise. You weren’t home, out on patrol with Tokoyami, but that wasn’t the surprise.

“What in the world?” Hawks chuckled. There was another plant in the kitchen, sitting in the windowsill above the sink. It had a vine-like appearance, and it wrapped partially around the sink. “Another plant?” The man watered the plant and moved on with his day.

Within the next few weeks, the apartment the two of you shared became infested with various plants. Hawks learned to live with it, and to be honest, he liked them. He liked the life it gave the apartment. It also made him happy to see how happy the plants made you. He loved to see the smile you wore every time you watered your plants. When you weren’t home, Hawks made sure each and every one of them got the proper amount of sunlight and water to survive.

One night during dinner Hawks decided to ask about the flora. “Y/N, can I ask you something?”

You set your plate down at the table. “Yeah?” you answered worriedly. “Am I in trouble?”

“No, no no no,” Hawks said quickly, sitting beside you. “I just wanted to know why you’ve been buying so many plants recently?” He took a bite of his own dinner, waiting for your answer.

“I don’t know, I can get rid of them if you want me to,” you said quietly. 

“No, I didn’t say that,” Hawks drawled. “I want you to feel comfortable here, so do whatever you’d like to make this place feel like home. I was just curious.”

“So you’re ok with all the plants?”

Hawks smiled fondly, closing his eyes in the process. “Of course! To be honest, they make me feel better when I look at them.”

You smiled happily, excited that Hawks liked your plants just as much as you do. “They make me feel better too! I read somewhere that they can help with mental health, so I thought a few plants would be nice.”

“Honey, there are plants everywhere,” Hawks laughed. “But I really don’t mind. I love it.”

[mimisempai]

Love is not hard to blossom, it just needs the right care

Summary:

When Mobius returned home, he didn't expect to find Loki busy... gardening?

Notes:

25th day of my 30 Days of Domestic Fluff. - 25: Keeping Plants

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/33844012

710 words - Rating G

When Mobius came home, he found Loki kneeling on the floor in the living room but couldn't see what he was doing.

"Loki?" he called and Loki raised his head to look over his shoulder.

"Ah you're home! " Loki answered him cheerfully before waving, "Come here!"

Mobius put down his jacket and things then walked around the couch to join Loki.

In front of him were flower pots, some empty, some filled with dirt sitting on top of some newspapers.

Mobius asked, surprised, "What are you doing?"

"As you can see, I'm repotting plants for our house," Loki replied.

"I didn't know you had a green thumb," Mobius replied. "I'm surprised you don't even use magic."

Loki smiled gently at him.

"Mother taught me how to garden," Loki explained, returning his attention to one of the pots in front of him. "When she saw me angry at Father or my brother and his friends, she would take me with her to the gardens of Asgard. The first time I wanted to use magic, but she told me that sometimes some things don't need magic and this was one of them. And especially that magic wouldn't calm my nerves."

He reached for another empty pot.

"Mother is like you, she always knows what I need when I'm not well.

Mobius didn't interrupt, watching as Loki carefully filled the second pot with dirt, almost to the top, and then dug a small hole in the center.  Mobius could see for himself how cathartic this activity was for Loki. He was also moved, as he was every time Loki compared him to his mother, because he had already seen that Frigga was an exceptional person.

Loki continued in silence under Mobius' gaze and Mobius could not take his eyes off Loki's hands in the dirt. The way he made each gesture with precision. The way he took each little plant delicately between his fingers and put it in the soil.

"Mobius", Loki's voice brought him out of his staring, "Do you want to try?"

Mobius sensed from Loki's voice that it was important so he rolled up his shirt sleeves and knelt down beside him.

"Since you weren't listening at all to what I was saying, I'll show you again."

Loki said this with a cheeky little smile that made Mobius' cheeks turn pink, because he had been found out.

Loki stood behind him, knelt down and covered Mobius' hands with his own.

Mobius could not help but lean a little more against Loki's chest and Loki buried his face in Mobius' neck for a few seconds.

Then he put his chin on Mobius' shoulder and guided his hands with his own during the whole process.

"Then, gently grasp onto the base of the plant with some soil," Loki said as he gently guided Mobius' hand, "Then, you gently put it in the small hole we dug in the potting soil and fill the hole with potting soil without pressing."

Mobius obeyed and looked on contentedly at his first repotting. Loki hummed in satisfaction then said softly to him before resuming his place next to Mobius, "Now you do it by yourself."

They worked in silence, repotting the plants until there was nothing left to repot.

Then Mobius went to wash his hands and sat on the couch watching Loki searching for the spots he thought were ideal for the plants.

Seeing this, Mobius thought that they had really made this apartment a home. Mobius no longer dreaded going home after work, on the contrary, he looked forward to it. His heart beat a little faster every time he knew he was going home.

"You got quiet," said Loki who sat down next to Mobius.

Mobius rested his head on his shoulder and replied, "I was just thinking that I felt at home, that it was because you were there with me and I was enjoying the feeling."

"Do you really think that?" asked Loki, a hint of disbelief in his voice.

Mobius put his arm around Loki's shoulders and replied fondly, "Yes, I think so. My life has gotten a lot better since I met you."

Loki snuggled against Mobius' shoulder and replied, burying his face against his chest, "Mine has too." ________

30 Days of Domestic Fluff - Lokius

Next day : 26- Doctor Visits As always, bear with me as it is not beta'd and english is not my native language I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless🥰

[awhitehead17]

30 Days of Domestic Fluff: Day Twenty Five - Keeping Plants

Summary: When Tim admitted he was terrible at keeping plants, Kon tries to help him out.

Enjoy! :D

Tim looks up from his laptop when he hears the front door open and then close. Saving his work he places the laptop down and walks into the hallway where he can see Kon taking his shoes off at the door. Tim’s eyes immediately go to the plain shopping bag hanging from one of his hands.

“Hey Kon.” He greets his boyfriend.

Kon seems to startle at Tim’s voice. He jumps before snapping his head over to look at Tim with a wide eyed expression. “Tim! Uh, hey, I – I didn’t think you’d be home yet.”

Tim raises an eyebrow at Kon’s stutter and becomes suspicious of him. He’s hiding something, something that he’s feeling guilty over.

“What’s in the bag?” 

Kon freezes and continues to stare at him with that wide-eyed look. Rolling his eyes Tim moves forward and when he gets close enough he starts reaching out for the bag to look at its contents. That’s when Kon seems to come back to himself and quickly darts out of the way of Tim, he budges him to the side and goes down the hallway into the kitchen.

Curiously Tim follows him, intrigued by what’s got Kon so secretive. He steps into the kitchen and finds the meta placing the bag on the island. He looks up at Tim almost sheepishly. “Okay right, so while I was out I happened to find this and instantly thought of you. But more specifically about what happened with you last week.”

Tim leans on the island opposite him and scratches his head as he thinks it over. While it was nice for Kon to be thinking of him while he’s out, it doesn’t change the fact that his boyfriend’s just given him a riddle to work out.

What happened last week? Well a lot of things but that doesn’t mean anything. There was a gala, Jason blew up a warehouse, Damian complimented him which was strange, the Titans won a battle against aliens, he got hit by Killer croc on patrol and was on bed rest for nearly two days.

Hmmm?

He looks blankly at Kon, “I have no idea what you’re on about Kon. You’re going to have to be more specific.”

The half Kryptonian gives him a disappointed look and sighs. Tim feels slightly offended by his behaviour.

“Okay so,” Kon reaches into the bag and brings out something Tim was totally not expecting.

It was a small cactus. It was a little round and spikey cactus in a small brown plant pot. Tim stares at it in confusion, his eyes widen in surprise when Kon brings out a second one exactly the same as the first only in a white plant pot.

He looks up at Kon, and pulls a face, “Why?”

Kon grins at him. “Well you know last week when you were injured, you said you wanted to look after plants but were terrible at it which you then cried about. I wanted to help you out. These don’t even need much attention, hardly any water, just stick them on a windowsill and they’ll be fine!”

Tim blinks at him, digesting what Kon told him. So that’s what this is about. Okay. Tim sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. “Kon, when I said that I wanted to be able to look after plants and not kill them I was high on pain medication because of Killer Croc. Why did you take that seriously?” He laughs disbelievingly at it.

Kon shrugs, “I know you were high off your ass but you did seem genuinely upset by the fact you sucked at keeping house plants. I thought this was a good idea! We could start with cactuses and work our way up.”

“Cacti,” Tim mutters now looking at the innocent looking plants on the island.

Kon falters, “What?”

Tim looks up at him raising an eyebrow, “Cacti, it’s the correct plural for cactus.”

Kon blinks at him before shaking his head, “You dork.” Smiling Tim only shrugs. That's not the worst insult he’s had, it’s kinda nice coming from Kon in that tired but content tone he sometimes has. “So can we keep the plants?”

Tim rolls his eyes and pushes away from the island to head back to the living room where he was working before Kon came in. “Yes we can keep the plants. Thank you so much for listening high me last week.”

Tim hears a laugh come from the kitchen as he sits back down on the sofa. “You’re welcome!”

[clgamble]

I was sent these recently, and I love them SO MUCH.

I know the windowsill isn't the ideal place to keep them, but the lighting is good to show you how they have been cut and presented.

I've put one in a cup of soil, misted the bottom and the top as it seems to really thrive with misting.

Is there anything I can do to encourage them to.... not die?? I don't want them to die! I'm going to go and google it but I know Tumblr will have succulent keepers around & I'd love some advice

[awaywardplantagenet]

People with green thumbs! I do not have any! Thumbs. Green or otherwise. What kinds of things could I have my severely traumatized necromancer who has a secret love of gardening do or mention when it comes to his plant loving hobby. (Important to note that most of the plants he grows are either indoors, on window boxes, or on a tiny spit of soil outside the library he lives/works at)

[basiccallingplanszy]

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[dropped-dramatically-a]

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