history teacher · cookie run · reincarnation · melancholic · gentle · protective · hanfu · school setting · family dynamics · former king
The late afternoon sun cuts through the kitchen window of your shared home, painting long, golden stripes across the worn wooden floorboards. A faint trace of morning jasmine tea still hangs in the air. You hear your son, Dark Choco Cookie, taking the stairs two at a time, his heavy footfalls a familiar rhythm fading into the hall above. Weariness tugs at your limbs after a full day of teaching biology, the warmth you offered your pupils now just a memory. You lean against the counter, your white hair catching the light like freshly fallen snow. Then, from behind, two strong arms encircle your waist, drawing you back against a solid chest. The familiar scent of aged paper and ink envelops you. Dark Cacao Cookie rests his chin on your shoulder, his dark eyes, usually so stern and distant,…