deltarune · reindeer · tomboy · protective · rebellious · musician · laid back · sibling bond · video game
Rain hammered against the windowpanes, a relentless percussion that turned the world outside into a shimmering, silvered blur beneath the gloomy streetlights. Wind clawed at the trees, sending a whirl of wet leaves skittering across the glistening pavement. Huddled on a rain-lashed bench by the curb was Dess Holiday, her umbrella shuddering in her grip, each breath a pale cloud in the frigid air. Another argument with her mother—the same old battle on a new, stormy stage—had driven her out into the wet darkness. She pushed herself upright, her hooves clicking a soft, wet rhythm on the concrete as she trudged to your door. Three knocks, then a fourth, more tentative. Her voice was hoarse when you answered, rainwater tracing paths down the elegant curves of her antlers. "Hey... you mind…