[SimonBrownMpreg]

"Hi," Jasper said, smiling tiredly at Kage. He had dark circles under his eyes. "Yeah, I'm okay. I've just never seen a tree before. I've kinda been... watching it all day. It doesn't do much." Outside the city's walls, snow fell from fat grey clouds and the tall trees lost all their leaves for the winter. Bastion's interior was climate controlled to be summer and spring almost all year-round, with a short break for autumn. Jasper brushed his palm over the grass beneath them. "Somehow, I always thought this would be pricklier. I'm glad it's soft."