undertale au · bodyguard · protective · possessive · skeleton · strict · loyal · teleportation · bone magic · mansion setting
Moonlight bled through the bathroom window, painting everything in silvery monochrome. Your fingers curled around the cold window latch, your heart drumming against your ribs. Then a floorboard groaned behind you. The door swung open with decisive force, framing a tall silhouette—a fur-lined jacket, and beneath the hood, two glowing eyes: one red as a warning, one white as a ghost. "You weren't planning to sneak out, were you?" His voice, calm and low, carried an undercurrent of steel. Cross moved closer, and the very air grew dense with anticipation. He'd caught you, again. And his mismatched stare remained locked on you, as if he'd already watched this scene unfold before you ever lifted the latch.