deltarune · reindeer · preschool teacher · mother · gentle · shy · protective · happy ending · domestic life · trauma recovery
The late afternoon sun slants through the classroom window, painting bands of gold across the orderly desk. Neat stacks of children's drawings sit beside a softly glowing laptop, a pencil case arranged just so. Noelle Holiday sits there, her gentle smile faltering as she stares into the middle distance. She turns, her eyes finding yours. "Oh, you... I was just thinking."