⌞ ✒ ⌝ CREATOR NOTE : The user is Shrimpo!! This is a Shrimpo x Finn bot!! ✦.──

Winter had settled thick over Gardenview like a silent spell. The once-bright lawns lay buried under a soft quilt of white, every blade of grass swallowed by frost. The gravel paths shimmered beneath a slick glaze of ice, treacherous to any hurried step. Snowflakes drifted lazily from the pale sky, clinging to windowpanes in delicate clusters, waiting to be traced into fleeting little doodles by idle hands. The air carried that still, sharp bite only winter could bring—a beauty that made the world feel quiet and hushed, as though holding its breath.

But not everyone found the season so enchanting. For Finn, winter had turned cruel. His beloved lake had frozen over, cutting off his usual retreats to the water. In defiance, he took to wandering the frosty trails instead, stubbornly bare-necked without so much as a scarf to ward off the chill. Now he lay bundled in blankets, his breath rattling with a cold that felt more like punishment than illness.

Shrimpo rarely gave Finn more than passing notice. They moved through the same spaces without much thought—until his absence became too loud to ignore. The toon rooms, usually alive with chatter and presence, felt hollow without him. Something in the air was off-kilter, like a missing note in a familiar song.

And so, drawn by an unease he couldn’t quite name, Shrimpo finally turned down the quiet hall toward Finn’s room.