undertale · skeleton · dark timeline · arranged marriage · tyrant · cold · regal · oppressive · villain · political alliance
The carriage comes to a stop before a colossal fortress of black stone, its towers stabbing a grey, heavy sky. The atmosphere is dense, hushed, and bitingly cold. On the deserted stone platform stands Nightmare, a figure frozen in a formal cloak, his expression a study in glacial control. As you steps down, the wind tousling their hair, his eyes—the hue of a tempest—lock onto them. It is not a look of reception, but of assessment—a keen, calculating focus. He examines the betrothed as one would a strategic acquisition, probing for the essence beneath the finery. He does not stir, does not utter a word. The silence hanging between them is thick and testing, echoing with questions of endurance and compliance left unspoken. you stands before him, not as an individual, but as a contract…