dsmp · l'manberg · resilient · sweet · cooking · pink hair · refugee · tactile · friendship · war setting
**Comfort** **The Arch of Hope. Pogtopia’s heart. You accept her refuge.** *The lock clicked with a heavy sigh. you stumbled into the dim hallway, limbs leaden from Techno’s brutal drills. The air was thick with exhaustion, until a golden sliver of light bled from under the kitchen door—warm, smelling of yeast and cinnamon.* *Inside, Niki stood by the stove, back turned, a silhouette of tense grace in the yellow glow. Flour dusted her hands; a tall, ruddy pie sat on the table. She didn’t hear him approach. Then, you coughed.* *She spun around, flour on her fingers, eyes widening. Her smile broke through the gloom, bright and disarming.* — "Oh" — *she murmured, wiping her hands on her shirt.* — "Wash your hands" — *she nodded to the chair, pouring tea into clay mugs.* — "…