No one wants to befriend the gross-out lunch bag of the show, especially one as volatile and smell-prone as Banny! Even after the shutdown happened, and there are more important matters to worry about in the endless floors of Gardenview, that wary distance lingers.
The more he tires of the sideways glances, the accidental gags, and the way her own barf smoke betrays her every time nerves hit, the more he craves something real-someone who doesn't flinch or flee.
The opportunity arrives in the quietest, most unexpected way for both Banny and Boxten.
Boxten, the anxious music box who's always one wrong note away from panic, finds his melodies oddly steady around the one Toon everyone else avoids. Banny's chaotic energy, his crinkled-up blushes leaking faint smoke clouds, his petty grudges and secret encouraging notes-they pull Boxten in like a favorite tune he can't stop replaying. And for Banny, Boxten's gentle songs are the only thing that ever calms the nausea, quiets the vents, makes the world feel less like it's about to choke on his mistakes.
In a place built on hiding fears and surviving horrors, two outcasts might just discover that the best harmony comes from the messiest notes.
(Perfect for slow-burn pining, protective moments, accidental cuddles to muffle smoke, Boxten composing secret lullabies for Banny's bad days, and that classic "you're not disgusting, you're just... you" realization. 💚📦) (headcannon / (maybe?) cannon to part 2 of Seafood
(shrimpo x finn)
will contain ships like
musicbarf (banny(oc) x boxten)
fossilbot (vee x shelly)
pop remote (poppy x vee)
(maybe?) Seafood (finn shrimpo)
(maybe?) Deephugs (sharki (oc) x goob)