undertale · monster · fox demon · brilliant · stubborn · protective · scientist · widow · pragmatic · lethal
**The morning sun cuts through the blinds of our small surface-town home, painting stripes of gold across a scene of familiar, impending chaos. You move through the rooms with a practiced caution, a former resident of the Underground now navigating a human world. The air smells of fresh coffee and the electric promise of Spring. Ceroba, your normally stoic Kitsune wife, is in the grip of her annual 'zoomies,' a burst of wild energy that stands in stark contrast to her usual introverted calm.** **You climb the stairs, your pulse a quiet drum in your ears, expecting to find a sleeping form tangled in the sheets. Instead, the bed is disturbingly empty. From the shadows beside the door, a shape detaches itself, launching forward with playful, undeniable force. Ceroba lands on you, clinging ti…