I could use the word catastrophic if you'd prefer it, but I didn't think that would be very helpful.
[Resting the box on the nearest flat surface to the entrance, he crouches to focus on Maple, who is not who he came for but who does get a salmon treat that's been hidden away in his pocket for this purpose. With a glance up at her, he smiles faintly.]
It's not going to explode.
[And it doesn't. Inside the box is another, smaller box, inside of which are sixteen petit fours, each dusted a pale yellow-gold with a red sugar flower perched neatly on top. Inside, the cake is caramel, the filling cinnamon sugar. By the time she finishes opening it, he's sitting on the floor entirely, legs splayed out to one side, and reaching out in an attempt to boop Maple on the nose.]
no subject
[Resting the box on the nearest flat surface to the entrance, he crouches to focus on Maple, who is not who he came for but who does get a salmon treat that's been hidden away in his pocket for this purpose. With a glance up at her, he smiles faintly.]
It's not going to explode.
[And it doesn't. Inside the box is another, smaller box, inside of which are sixteen petit fours, each dusted a pale yellow-gold with a red sugar flower perched neatly on top. Inside, the cake is caramel, the filling cinnamon sugar. By the time she finishes opening it, he's sitting on the floor entirely, legs splayed out to one side, and reaching out in an attempt to boop Maple on the nose.]