[ CW ] Tell a love story , including a plant , in 5 sentences .

We had grown old side by side, seen many seasons together, and relied on each other, though often to differing extents. We became accustomed to each other's touch, to the point where being without her would have made me feel naked. Our usual, comfortable embrace was only dampened by the knowledge that this embrace would be our last. The sound of the chainsaw was sickening and the gardener ’ s smile made everything worse. There is no way to describe the horror I felt as teeth of the saw cut into my lovely ivy and I waited to feel its bite dig into my bark.
