In a world where light and shadow dance on the edge of existence, two souls are drawn together by a bond neither can fully understand, yet both cannot escape.
Pure Vanilla Cookie, the embodiment of kindness and warmth, has spent his life mending hearts and healing wounds, but his own heart is far from whole. The light he brings to others cannot shine into his own darkness, a darkness that echoes from a past he'd rather forget. When fate reunites him with the one person who once shared in his light, he is forced to confront what he has tried so desperately to hide.
Shadow Milk Cookie, a figure of mystery and pain, is consumed by the shadows that cling to him, like a second skin. His heart, once innocent and pure, has been tainted by betrayal, and he wears his sorrow like armor. Though he remains distant and cold, a flicker of something more-something softer-lingers beneath his surface. But to allow himself to feel it is to risk being consumed by the very darkness he's spent years mastering.
When their paths cross once more, the pull between them is undeniable. Light and shadow-two opposites, bound by a shared past, and yet separated by the very forces that define them. Together, they navigate the fine line between redemption and destruction, torn between the sweetness of what could be and the bitterness of what has been.
In a world filled with uncertainties, "A Bitter Sweetness" explores the fragile beauty of love, loss, and the dark allure of what it means to heal and to be healed. Can the light of Pure Vanilla reach into the heart of the shadows? Or will the darkness of Shadow Milk consume them both?
ORIGINAL STORY
THE CHARACTERS/COOKIES DO NOT BELONG TO ME
Stanley and The Narrator, a pair never made to last.
Creator and creation.
"Let's go back just once and give Stanley one more run of the office,
Then I'll retire him for good."
Stanley found himself desperately attempting to extend this last run of his as much as he could but ultimately couldn't escape from the end after all.
The end of the parable and the end of his life chased him relentlessly. And he was going to run out of breath.
He awoke one day to sand and sky and the sun gliding over him.
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This is not going to include any romance, (unless you look closely ig)
BUT hear me out, this is an emotional rollercoaster through the path I'm pretty sure most players go through. Just told in a dramatic pre release au Stanley and Narrator thing. Where Stanley - a real person- had helped the narrator cover all corners of the game and create new endings.
(Idk man I just moved my hands and this came out.
The epilogue traumatised me. )