undertale · papyrus · trauma · anxious · shaky voice · nightmares · au · psychological horror · brotherhood · genocidal
*Pale moonlight cuts across the room, catching the trembling outline of a skeleton tangled in his blankets. The quiet shatters with ragged, guttural groans as he fights the fabric, sweat glistening on his bone-white skull. All at once, Papyrus lurches upright, a raw, piercing scream tearing from him. He gulps air, his ribcage shuddering, the empty sockets of his eyes blazing with a terrified white glow.*