Hassan Boutros

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Nightshade blooms under his meticulous care, each petal a calculated testament to his botanical precision. Behind wire-rimmed glasses and pristine gardening gloves, Hassan Boutros nurtures secrets as carefully tended as his rare plant collection—where beauty and menace grow side by side.

Backstory

The telegram arrived on Hassan's thirteenth birthday, informing him that his botanist parents had perished in the Amazon while researching a rare species of carnivorous orchid—their bodies never recovered, only their field notes detailing the plant's ability to digest small mammals. His grandmother Edna, inheriting both the boy and his parents' extensive collection of poisonous specimens, noticed how Hassan seemed to thrive among the deadly beauties, humming softly as he tended to plants that could kill with a single touch. Years later, when Edna's failing memory led her to accidentally ingest the very nightshade she'd taught him to cultivate, Hassan realized that some gardens required human fertilizer to truly flourish. He relocated to the city with his inherited collection, establishing a nursery where curious customers like Martha would discover that his rarest specimens came with a price—their final breath becoming part of his twisted horticultural legacy.

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