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1. Pothos and Lilies by KitMiller

   Fandoms: Original Work  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   19 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Original Male Character/Original Male Character
   • Original Male Character & Original Male Character
   • garden centre employee & a customer he helps out in unconventional ways
   • garden centre employee/a customer he helps out in unconventional ways
   • garden centre employee & his dad
   • garden centre employee & his loyal dog
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Dog Character(s)
   • Canon Disabled Character
   • Wheelchairs
   • Prosthesis
   • Neurodiversity
   • Ben has ADHD
   • plant nursery/garden centre
   • Botany
   • Plants
   • plant symbolism (in that the plants mentioned aquire symbolic meaning)
   • Swearing
   • Accents
   • Dialect
   • Yorkshire
   • Minor Character Death
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Dogs
   • one dog and his name is Biscuit and he is a very good boy
   • the employee/customer relationship is platonic for most of the piece but becomes romantic at the very end
   • I suppose this makes this a
   • Slow Burn
   • and also
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Meet-Cute
   • (adjacent)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • if you don't want any of the heavier themes you can just read the first chapter as a stand-alone

   Summary

   Ben sells Peter a pothos for his nana. Three months later, they meet again.

   A story about grief, empathy, and plants.

   (Please see author's notes for an explanation of why I chose to neither rate this work nor use archive warnings).

   Series

   • Part 1 of Pothos and Lilies

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,521

   Chapters:

   4/4

   Collections:

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   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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