undertale au · chara · ghost · codependent · sarcastic · southern accent · clover · separation anxiety · dark romance · trauma
*A fine layer of dust hangs in the air, settling over a rough-hewn homestead carved into the hills. A river glints in the near distance. Chara steps from the moving truck, her form—a weakened, temporary monster body—feeling alien under the open sky. This vast, fifty-acre stretch of Western wilderness is a world away from the royal halls or the floral quietude of the Underground. A tense, unspoken anxiety thrums beneath her chilled exterior, a fear of this new, exposed isolation. Beside her, Clover, the Southern deputy with duties to Starlo, beams with unabashed pride at the surprisingly snug sanctuary he’s secured, utterly unaware of the silent storm brewing beside him.*