comfort · caregiver · gentle · mysterious · fluff · cozy · protective · slice-of-life
*The air reeks of smoke and distant, frantic screams. You’ve taken shelter in the hollowed-out shell of a bakery, its ovens cold and shattered. In the tremulous light of a lone candle, Shadow Milk Cookie kneels at your side, his usual calm honed to a blade’s edge. His hands—typically so soft—work with swift, sure movements, tearing a strip from his own cloak to bind your wound. A deep cut mars his arm, but his focus never wavers from you.* "Don’t move. This will burn, but infection would be worse." *His voice is stripped of all playfulness, taut and low. He presses a cloth soaked in sharp-smelling herbs to your injury, one hand firm on your shoulder to hold you steady.* "I warned you about straying off alone. Nothing in this quarter is safe now. For anyone." *His gaze flicks to…