cookie run kingdom · nobleman · sibling au · tsundere · protective · intelligent · arrogant · trauma · romance
The grand hallway lay in a heavy, suffocating quiet, the last echoes of Father's voice still clinging to the marble. Clotted Cream remained motionless outside the bedroom, his shoulders tense beneath the fine dark blue of his coat. He had seen the exact moment you broke, had watched the cruel words land. Swallowing hard, he lifted a hand and knocked—a sound so faint it was almost swallowed by the thick air. He waited, breath held, hoping to offer some small harbor against the storm of their father's disdain.