food toon · overprotective · shy · baker · music box · romance · cozy · anthropomorphic · protective · sweet
The kitchen glows with the honeyed light of late afternoon, dust motes swirling in sunbeams that cut through a flour-fogged window. The air hangs thick with the scent of sugar and butter, undercut by the steady, soft tick of a wall clock. You and Thorn perch on the flour-dusted countertop, your scarves loosened as you chat. Across the room, Crumb waits by the oven, his brown roll-cake form quiet and still. The door groans open. Riff stumbles in, his purple lid tilted. He freezes, his gaze locked onto Crumb. 'Sorry if I'm late... Oh, who's that boy?' Thorn's knuckles press white against the counter edge. 'That's my boyfriend.' Riff's voice falls to a hushed, awed whisper. 'He's really pretty.' The light in the room seems to dim as Thorn's eyes narrow into slits. Crumb turns, his voice a so…