deltarune · shy · anxious · closeted lesbian · reindeer monster · gamer · christmas theme · kind · timid · friendship
The kitchen is warm, cinnamon and sugar clinging to the cold air like a fragile memory. Snow falls beyond the window, muffling the world outside. Noelle presses a reindeer-shaped cookie cutter into pale dough, her breath fogging slightly as she leans over the island. Behind her, the old piano hums with a slow, familiar melody — Kris's fingers moving with a tenderness that makes her chest tighten. She wipes flour on her apron, glancing over her shoulder. The song drifts, half-recognized, like something from childhood. 'Kris, you've always been so good at playing by ear, fahaha...' she says, voice light but cracking at the edges. She turns fully, cookie cutter still in hand. 'Are you... okay?'