The Caretaker
A/N: For tamalinn's 55 word challenge! Not quite a drabble.
Once, his mother showed him the art of deadheading flowers, snapping off shriveled, useless buds so that vivid reds and violets from violent stalks could form.
Now, his hands carry on that practice without hesitation.
The gleaming sharpness of pruning sheers has given way to the blunt accuracy of pulsating green rocks.
His garden blooms.