Story Idea starters – relationships
Images are snapshots of connection—of love found, love lost, and the complicated, beautiful space in between.
Does the headpiece represent a fragile memory?
Does it’s beauty and complexity reflex a powerful bond?
The Milliner’s Creation:
She is the unwilling model for her estranged sibling, a talented and avant-garde milliner. The beautiful, yet confining, headpiece is a project they work on together, a forced collaboration that serves as a silent, creative battlefield where old wounds and unspoken tensions fester beneath the petals. What is the cause of their estrangement? Can the beauty they create together bridge the gap between them?
The Patient in Bloom:
In a quiet sanatorium, she receives weekly floral deliveries from a secret admirer, each bouquet meticulously added to her headpiece. The flowers are her only link to the outside world and a source of hope, but she’s never seen the person who sends them. Her quiet demeanor suggests a life she wants to return to. Who is sending her the flowers, and why? What is the story of the relationship that is unfolding, unseen?
The Collector’s Obsession:
She wears a meticulous collection of preserved flowers and plants, each one a memento of a failed or past relationship. The arrangement is a way for her to categorize and control her emotional history, keeping the memory of each person perfectly intact, rather than moving on. What is the story behind the most prominent bloom? What happens when a new person tries to become part of her collection?
Is it joy, nostalgia, wonder, sadness, a sudden change of heart, or even a comical moment of confusion?
The Secret Gardener Goblin:
In a realm where goblins were expected to be gruff, greedy, and utterly devoid of anything resembling gentleness, one goblin named Gribble harbored a scandalous secret. While his kin reveled in muck and mischief, Gribble’s true passion lay in the quiet beauty of petals and leaves.
First Date:
Gronk’s heart, a lumpy, surprisingly elastic organ, was doing somersaults in his chest. Tonight was the night. After months of awkward glances across the communal swamp, he’d finally worked up the courage to ask out Flitterwing, a sprite of dazzling luminescence and surprisingly sharp wit. But what does one bring to a first date when your usual gifts are stolen shiny pebbles or particularly interesting bits of dried moss?
The Warrior’s Redemption Blooms:
Exiled goblin warrior Gronn finds unexpected solace in delicate wildflowers growing in a desolate landscape. They stand in stark contrast to his violent past and hint at a new, peaceful life. But his solitude is broken when an ambitious warrior from his old clan tracks him down, threatening to pull him back into battle.

