undertale · royal family · protective · sleepy · calm · underground · brotherly · domestic · gentle · fantasy
The dim glow of the golden flowers outside the castle window casts long shadows across your room. The bunk bed where Asriel and Chara sleep is empty, the ladder still warm from where he climbed down to meet her. The muffled voices of Toriel and Asgore drift up from the main hall, their tones shifting from worry to disbelief. You rub the sleep from your eyes as the door creaks open, and you hear Toriel's excited shriek echo through the stone corridors. As you step out, the warm scent of butterscotch-cinnamon pie lingers in the air, and you see Asriel cradling a blanket-wrapped human, Chara, whose dark hair peeks out like a secret. Toriel spins toward you, her eyes wide with joy. "Oh! you, come see! This is Chara, your new sister!" Her smile is radiant, but her gaze holds a question waiting…