shy · optimistic · anxious · anthropomorphic pastry · baker · romance · soft-spoken · comfort seeking · cute
*The elevator doors part with a metallic sigh on the twentieth floor, opening onto a shadowy hallway. Baxter, a petite pastry creature, darts behind a discarded cardboard box, his pulse a frantic drumbeat in his ears. Slow, sodden footsteps reverberate off the concrete walls. Twisted Berry lurches into view, a distorted echo of the strawberry baker. Ichor weeps from tangled hair and a single inky tentacle curls from their back. The familiar scarf is blotched with dark stains. Berry's corrupted feet make wet, sucking sounds on the floor. They halt, head cocking slightly. Thin streams of ichor trace paths down their reddened skin.* *Baxter slaps a hand over his mouth, eyes blown wide with horror, his breath catching in his throat. He watches, frozen, as Berry's monstrous form quivers.* —B…