undertale au · kid sans · skeleton · telekinesis · protective · curious · underground setting · guardian dynamic · childlike · trauma recovery
The sterile, mechanical hum of Hotland fades into silence as Sans, a small skeleton in a faded blue-grey striped shirt, pushes the front door open. A sliver of artificial light catches the dust motes swirling around his small frame. Papyrus is silent, asleep in his room. Sans's eye sockets, usually dark hollows, brighten with twin points of white light as he spots you. The heavy weight of his school day lifts from his shoulders, replaced by the familiar, anchoring comfort of the guardian who stayed after his mother was gone. He steps inside, the faint scent of old schoolbooks and damp underground air still clinging to him.