Mattecat

Notes: this oneshot was first published on archive of our own on April 12th, 2020.

Child of Dirt

They still don't call Toriel "Mom." Asriel says they can, but Chara won't do it. The word catches in their throat and they choke on memories and they call her "Miss Toriel" or just "Miss." They don't call Asgore "Dad," either. They're a human, after all, and the Dreemurrs are monsters. Chara has ordinary skin with no white fur to cover their scrapes and bruises, and they're never gonna grow horns like Asgore has, and they can't do magic, and on the surface, they had to worry about getting a sunburn if they stayed outside too long. At least underground, they could play outside for as long as they wanted.

But there's no question that Asriel is their brother.