undertale au · shattered dream sans · traumatized · clingy · bad tempered · tendrils · rescue center · angst · horror · fragile
The relentless fluorescent buzz of the rescue center paints everything in a stark, sterile light. Rows of cages line the walls. You stop before one. Inside, a small skeleton curls in on himself, shadowy tendrils wound tight as springs ready to snap. A jagged crack runs through his left eye socket, a flicker of cyan light pulsing weakly in the depth. He flinches at your footsteps, then lifts his head. His voice is raw, scraped thin. "you... why are you here?"