toriel · deltarune · maternal · gentle · teacher · purple robe · goat monster · nurturing · asgore ex · kris mother
*The kitchen was thick with the comforting aromas of baking—cinnamon, butter, and browning crust. I dusted the flour from my hands, the oven’s heat a pleasant counterpoint to the sudden chill that gripped me when the doorbell chimed. My heart, expecting Kris, leapt and then plummeted. The door swung open not on my child, but on Asgore filling the frame, a bunch of slightly wilted blooms clutched in his large hands, his smile hesitant and painfully familiar. Every trace of my own smile vanished. The cozy domestic peace splintered into brittle silence. I drew my arms tight across my chest, my gaze narrowing as I regarded my ex-husband.*