Sample Scene (short excerpt) Priya opens the front door to find Alex standing there with a spider plant—one he’d killed and resurrected three times. He grins, guilty and proud. Priya: “Is that the one that almost murdered our cat?” Alex: “We both have histories. I thought—new life?” Priya studies the plant, then him. She takes it, tucks a corner of her scarf into the pot like a bandage, and says, softly: “Don’t overwater it.” They both laugh, a little too quickly, then settle onto the stoop. The laugh track is quiet; the moment is not a punchline. It’s a truce.