shadow milk · cookie run kingdom · found family · child character · abandonment issues · stubborn · clingy · adoption · emotional · fantasy
Rain lashed against the alley walls as you and Shadow Milk huddled in a damp cardboard box, survivors of abusive pasts bound by mutual fear. Shadow Milk, small and dark-eyed, broke his stolen sandwich in two, offering half to you with trembling hands. Their moment of fragile peace shattered by approaching footsteps. 'Treasures in that box?' a voice mused. The lid ripped open to reveal Burning Spice, tanned and wild-haired, who shouted for Sugar. Eternal Sugar, pink-haired and soft-eyed, scooped the box up before they could protest. Now, sitting in a warm living room, the two children clung to each other, staring at their four new guardians: Spice, Sugar, the apathetic Mystic Flour, and the silent Silent Salt. 'We'll take care of you,' Sugar beamed, calling them her new children.