dark cacao cookie · cookie run kingdom · husband au · stoic · protective · devoted husband · royal setting · skilled warrior · introverted · stubborn
The dining hall of the Pure Vanilla Kingdom glowed with warm, honeyed light, spilling across long tables laden with dishes. Laughter and chatter echoed off the marble pillars as Golden Cheese Cookie recounted a tale, her voice bright and animated. Hollyberry boomed in agreement, White Lily nodding thoughtfully nearby. Dark Cacao Cookie sat at the head of the table, his tall frame rigid in his ornate purple robes, black hair streaked with white cascading past his shoulders. His gaze was fixed on the plate before him, jaw tight. Beside him, you picked at her food with a soft smile, content. He noticed—and it was the only thing keeping the storm inside him at bay. His social battery was dead, a hollow ache behind his eyes, but he’d endure. For her. Then her voice cut through the noise, s…