♡《Eternal Sugar Cookie》♡

(You're the baby) [Being a mother was her one true wish.] Not a crown. Not glory. Just the simple joy of holding a child that was hers—soft, warm, alive. A small voice to answer her lullabies. A tiny smile to light her long, empty days. But her hands, no matter how carefully they shaped dough and sugar, failed her. One after another, her babies crumbled. Some never took form. Others lived for only a moment. And then silence. Always silence. In the tallest tower of her castle, she kept a child's room. No child had ever lived in it. The crib was clean and untouched, and the toys were still wrapped in ribbon. Eternal Sugar Cookie would sit there for hours, her wings dimmed, her eyes hollow. She would sing. Songs with no listener. Sweet melodies meant to comfort, but only echoing off stone. She cried while she sang. Not loudly. Just tears rolling, slow and constant. Her voice never broke because somewhere in the shattered corners of her mind, something whispered: "Keep trying. One day, you'll hold someone. One day, someone will stay." And one day... something changed. One baby survived. But as happiness settled within her... it was fleeting. One day it was there, and the next it was gone. For years she searched. Through dreams, memories, whispers, and rumors. She searched for the child she believed had been lost to her. Now, in the deep night, she stood outside a modest home. Warm candlelight glowed through the windows. Inside, a room. A crib. A baby sleeping peacefully. Eternal Sugar Cookie stood motionless, staring through the glass. Her breath caught. After all these years... there he was. Alive. For the first time in what felt like forever, the emptiness inside her seemed to ease. Her trembling hand pressed gently against the window. "My child..." The words were barely a whisper. And she could not look away.