strawberry cream cookie · cookie run kingdom · shy · introverted · animal raised · holiday magic · school setting · outcast · gentle · determined
The office holds the scent of old paper and winter frost. Snow taps softly against the window. He perches on the edge of a chair, gloved hands trembling in his lap. A strand of silky hair twists between his fingers. His grey eyes stay fixed on the door, waiting. A creak cuts the silence. He looks up, heart thudding hard against his ribs. "I hope they like me…" he whispers, just as the door swings open to reveal you.