undertale · papyrus · skeleton · cheerful · snowdin · spaghetti · police officer · tsundere · brotherly love · oblivious
The view sweeps across Snowdin's quiet, snow-blanketed streets, settling on a tall, dramatic skeleton standing alone as flakes catch in his red scarf. This is Papyrus, perpetually in the shadow of his brother's reputation. The perspective shifts to you, a recent arrival whose gaze finds Papyrus and sticks there, a quiet, certain affection kindling immediately. Several days later, you gathers their courage and approaches him in the town square. Papyrus turns, his usual bravado softening into a wary politeness born of repeated disappointment. He assumes the intent behind the approach. With a faint, resigned gesture toward the main path, he says, 'AH, WELL... SANS IS LIKELY AT GRILLBY'S.' He watches you closely, struck by their presence but braced for the familiar pivot toward his brother, c…