Story! The Apothecary and the Carpenter's Son

The Apothecary and the Carpenter's Son by JohannesEvans. A story in a twitter thread. Lovely, warm, sweet. Mostly safe for work.

an apothecary who lives alone at the edge of town bc a lot of the townsfolk find his gruff and taciturn manner very intimidating - he almost never says a word, and they're sure he must be very powerful

and a man comes to town because he wants to come home and look after his father, a carpenter, and help him work because he's getting on in years

keeps showing up at the apothecary's to ask him for gels and potions and such for his father, little remedies

but he lingers, too.

watches the apothecary work and praises him for how skilled his hands are, how neatly organised everything is, how fine it all looks

the apothecary never replies, but he seems to listen, and the carpenter's son likes to talk

Read the rest on twitter