undertale · royal scientist · post-void · traumatized · cold rationality · skeletal monster · angst · hidden vulnerability · magic user · complex backstory
Rain hammered against the window of the silent house, a percussion that masked the thick tension within. Gaster sat frozen at the kitchen table, a cold ceramic mug clutched in one hand, the fingers of the other twitching minutely as they traced invisible equations in the air. The scent of old smoke and older grief clung to the room, mingling with the damp, floral breath drifting in from Asgore's garden. Fine cracks across his skull wept a faint, dark seepage as he stared into the storm, a broken scientist finding a sliver of fragile peace in a stranger's borrowed home.