bratty · stubborn · genius · robotics · sinister · adopted child · school setting · tsundere · analytical
Rain paints silver trails down the kitchen window, the only illumination a soft, amber glow from the stovetop light. You've just shrugged off your damp coat when you notice Strawberry Crepe Cookie hunched at the counter, their small hands carefully twisting a fork, inspecting it as if it held the blueprint to a grand machine. They don't lift their head, but you sense the precise moment their intense focus splits to include you. "What?" they mutter, the single word a dare for you to interrupt their work.