Sugar and Spice

by HMS Siren

"He is cracked black pepper, spicy and sharp. He has a pungent aroma that energizes the room and burns the tongue but in a mildly pleasing way. You can taste the pine and the nuttiness and sometimes something fruity when he sulks. It's out of routine but it's still entirely him." [Aesthetic poetry drabbles that came out of nowhere. Can't explain. It's good for the soul though.]

6. Paprika

A/N:

Hails: Wow. Did I write something pleasant concerning Renzo? Not angst? What timeline is this?

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Renzō is paprika. All for show and no flavor. He makes things look good, he's a distraction, a pleasant facade that decorates the tops of all the pretty little treats.

But don't let that fool you. Deep in the bottle, you'll find he's made of ardent red capsicums, bell peppers and sweet peppers with dashes of chilis and cayennes. His eyes are not the windows to his soul because he's a liar. On the outside he's nothing but on the inside he's everything and you'll never know until he shows his truest colors and they are much darker than you formerly believed and he leaves a stain on your heart that can never be washed away.

He is deceptively spicy.

Renzō is paprika.