My part-time job is at a dumb "gardens and gifts" store, and there's lots of boredom and shenanigans that result from boredom, and I'm always saying that I should write something incorporating said shenanigans. So I said to people "I keep thinking about a garden store AU where Spencer works with plants, help!", but of course, all they did was encourage me. I ended up with this. Also, there's a picture of the penis vases at the end of the story - I did not make them up. Houseplants For Beginners... read more