#prune juice cookie hcs

[sleepingdeath-light]

parenting hcs ; prune juice cookie

requested by ; anonymous (21/04/23)

fandom(s) ; cookie run

fandom masterlist(s) ; hub | specific

character(s) ; prune juice cookie

outline ; “hey! can i request dad headcanons with prune juice cookie?”

warning(s) ; references to high expectations for his children

as a father, prune juice cookie would have quite high expectations of his children — namely due to his own status as a star student growing up in parfaedia

this also means that they’d most likely end up attending the same schools and academies he did (which is partially because there aren’t that many alternatives in your city)

he’ll provide them with everything he can in order to bolster their studies and would reward them greatly for every success — whilst also offering comfort and support if they faltered or struggled

shows up for each and every event that his children have on be that award ceremonies, sports, speeches or something else entirely

is his children’s biggest supporter and will finance every passion and hobby as best he can

encourages them to try everything once but will concede if they do genuinely not enjoy what they’re trying

this mainly applies to food but also to topics they could be studying at their academy

doesn’t use nicknames for his children, preferring to use their full first names — which will still apply to a name they opt to go by in later life

(e.g. full given names will be used until his child opts to change their name)

prefers to go by ‘dad’ or ‘father’ rather than something like ‘pops’ or ‘daddy’

if he had twins then he’d buy them matching clothing (even if they’re mixed sex)

has a system with his children that encourages communication through conflict

(think: ‘is this something you want to rant about or do you want a solution?’)

would let his daughter(s) paint his nails but his hair is off limits for any makeovers

will boast about all of his children’s achievements equally — like the kid who gets all A**s will be praised and talked about just as much as the kid who got 1st place in a sport’s contest or the kid whose art got featured in their school

insists on teaching them necessary life skills from an early age — such as cooking, baking, cleaning, conflict de-escalation and so on

encourages his children to share and exchange their toys but also ensures that they set and stick to each other’s boundaries

as far as parenting methods, he’d probably go for the montessori way over anything else

buys them all diaries to use but never looks at them — insists on them all having their privacy

ideally he’d probably want 2/3 kids with at least one girl and one boy but he’d love all of his children regardless

(originally this bullet point included some ideas about what his children but be like but that was veering towards oc-ish territory and this is meant to be more general lol)

takes accountability for any mistakes he makes — his children are the only people that he keeps his more prideful side away from

is very loved by his children and their relationship is one where there is open communication and accountability

doesn’t punish his children unless absolutely necessary and the farthest he goes is grounding — usually defaults to a stern talking through of why what they did was bad, including a conversation with the people hurt, before sending them off to help out the hurt party as an apology

[fluffshi-wxffle]

For the Capsaicin is Burning Spice’s son fellows, can we show the irony in the angst that Burning Spice was locked away by a force that wasn’t himself (the Witch) while Capsaicin locked himself away?

I do think it would also be funny/cycle continues kinda thing if Capsaicin was locked away by other cookies though :D

[lohotine]

Yan! Prune Juice Cookie x GN Reader. HEAD CANNONS

Warnings: Manipulation, stalking, drugging. (He's a Yandere, so those types of things.)

When he first saw you, he didn't think much of you. He didn't think much of anybody, actually.

Prune was slightly arrogant and believed himself to be above others.

It was only after you started hanging around him more, and complimenting him did he really start to adore you.

Trust me, praise is the #1 way to his heart. That and little touches, like holding hands.

He would start to stalk learn more about you.

First it was basic things, like your schedule or the general things you like.

But it soon became more.. obsessive.

He learned not only your dorm number, but it's entier layout. What kinds of food you ate, when your roommates came back. Everything you liked and everything you disliked.

Even what kind of hygiene products you used.

Man was WHIPPED. Completely obsessed with you.

Of course, everyone was oblivious to the types of things Prune was up to. He's a very sneaky and calculating man.

Eventually, Prune would start putting certain potions into your drinks and foods.

They were nothing bad, just small doese of a potion that would make you think of him.

Completely harmless!

It worked, of course. You two met much more often.

You couldn't figure out why he was appearing in the back of your mind so much more..

He swore to himself that he wouldn't go past that.

He was wrong.

He got super jealous when you were still hanging out with other friends.

He considered just poisoning them, but he knew you'd just be upset.

And he couldn't kidnap you and give you a potion to make you love him, since he wanted something real.

That's when fake, and especially nasty rumors started to circulate about you.

Strangers started to avoid you, and all of your friends left you

Except for Prune Juice, of course.

He would stay with you, since he knew they were fake.

He was the one who started them, after all.

But you don't need to know that.

He was the only person who stayed with you, thus the only person who you could depend on.

That's all he wanted.

You two got really close, and started dating. He didn't even have to drug you more since you were enthralled by him and him alone!

I mean, he's the only person who still treats you like a normal human being.

Those rumors isolated you from basically everyone.

If, for some odd reason, someone else still tries to talk you, he'll take care of it.

Will gladly inform them about the rumors in private, and if that doesn't work, he'll drug your food so you're in a very snappy mood.

You end up yelling at the new person, and they start to avoid you.

You feel really bad about it, thinking it's all your fault.

You even end up getting letters sometime afterwards that says you deserve to be alone since you're bratty and rude.

Prune sent them, of course, but he keeps it on the down-low.

Will comfort you after saying that he'd never leave you.

Will kiss you to make you feel better and gives you the most innocent smile.

Even after pulling a stunt like that..

In conclusion, he's a pretty shit yandere who manipulates you into being with him. Makes you feel hopeless and alone and then will be there for you when everyone else leaves. He even drugs you into sending some people away yourself, which makes you feel really bad.

He's a horrible person, but he puts on a very convincing show that makes him seem like a perfect and innocent angel.

(Haha, idc though, he won't have to manipulate me, I'll still date him 😍)

[peachyqueenly]

Hey guys!!! The idea that Prune Juice is too emotionally compromised or broke or what not to be in a romantic relationship is ableist as fuck and you should stop!!! Not all relationships are sunshine and rainbows, just cause him being with Capsaicin or Kouign would take work doesn’t mean it is forced or unhealthy or that he’s impossible to ship. 

You’re perpetrating the idea that being broken means being unlovable and to be frank that is gross as shit. 

He is just as grown and mature as the other two, just cause his trauma manifests differently than them doesn’t make him unworthy.

[itsaultaken]

ive never said anything about prune juice cookie…. prune juice is my friend. + oodles of the space siblings

[skybristle]

prune is a lesbian but him and capsaicin are in love platonically . Also he's in yuri with kouign and kouign is bi as helllll . And they're the worlds most confusing polycule . Do you understand my vision. Grips your shoulders

[abrosexualvagabondcookie]

Welcome to radio shACK

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[silent-flower21]

Here is another piece I've done over the past two days. I'm in love with it!!! It's not perfect by any means but it's perfect for me

[cm2tfemotd]

Todays Canon Male to Transfem Headcanon is Prune Juice cookie from cookie run kingdom!

they are a transfem that uses she/they!

also in a yuri AND yaoi relationship with capsaicin cookie

[leopardsealz]

ive seen ppl saying capsaicin, prune juice & kouign amann are polyam together & i dont know too much abt the update but i do love polyamoury <3

[sleepingdeath-light]

yandere hcs ; prune juice cookie

requested by ; anonymous (12/04/23)

fandom(s) ; cookie run

fandom masterlist(s) ; hub | specific

character(s) ; prune juice cookie

outline ; “yo! can i request yandere headcanons with prune juice cookie?”

warning(s) ; yandere!prune juice, non consensual drugging, manipulation, gaslighting, obsessive behaviours, possessive behaviours, abusive behaviours

prune juice cookie is someone who tends to take a slow and methodical approach to your ‘relationship’ — adamantly refusing to rush into anything without a detailed plan that will guarantee success without him having to resort to certain… immoral methods of making you his

he makes sure that he knows everything about you before he even introduces himself so that there’s no chance of him ruining his chance with you — stalking you for months to ensure that even the most minute facets of your personality, your schedule, your life are familiar to him

the jokes that make you laugh, the little things that make you smile, your favourite season and type of weather, the market stalls you love to gawk at on your way home, even the layout of your home are all things he becomes intimately familiar with during this period of time and, really, it only makes him fall for you even further — fall deeper into his obsession, that is

eventually, once he’s gathered enough information about you in his notebooks and is confident in what he knows, rune juice cookie will introduce himself to you — planting himself at your favourite market to peruse the goods (excusing it as him just looking for the ingredients his latest potion requires) before bumping into you by complete accident and sending all of his times flying across the cobble (the perfect conversation starter, he’d pay himself on the back for it later on)

and, of course, you’re apologetic and he’s so very polite that it makes you feel even worse — which then naturally leads to him suggesting that you buy him something to drink at your favourite local cafe (which he claimed was his own favourite, and it was just a coincidence that you like it as well) to make up for it (only after you’d insisted upon apologising properly several times, of course)

he orders your favourite drink (by sheer coincidence surely) and then the two of you settle into the most natural and easy conversation you’ve ever had in your life — he just seems to get you more than anyone else you’ve ever met and he’s able to make you laugh with ease, so the two of you end up chatting for hours and by the time you’re forced out of the cafe at closing the sun is already starting to set

but still you don’t want the day to end — don’t want to stop conversing with this charming, witty stranger that made everything feel so… natural — so you exchange contact information and promise to meet up the next day (joking about not causing a mess this time) — and prune juice cookie knows that he’s got you hook, line, and sinker before you’re out of sight

and that was the beginning of what could have been the most beautiful relationship parfaedia has ever seen… but prune juice cookie started to get impatient and possessive

he methodically lulls you into letting your guard down around him over the course of a few weeks: making sure that you see each other daily to ingrain himself in your routine until any day without speaking to him feels unnatural to you; using all that he knows about you to take you out on dates that he knows will wow and woo you all at once; communicating with you using your main love language as best he can (bringing you spontaneous gifts, sending you random reassurances/compliments to let you know he’s always thinking of you, going out with you daily — or as close to daily as he can manage whilst he’s still studying — to make sure that you never doubt his affections, bringing you meals when you’re studying/working so that you don’t need to worry about it in the early mornings, and never shying away from physical affection and even initiating cuddling and kissing when you walk around parfaedia together); using conditioning through gifts to make you associate his presence with a positive experience so that you’re always excited to see him, etc.

really he gives you no option but to love him — but still he wants more, he wants you to reflect his obsession and that’s when everything starts to go wrong for you both (when his mask starts to slip and you get to see the real prune juice cookie)

he starts threatening and even poisoning anyone who gets too close to you (never enough to kill but enough to make them avoid you) — whether that’s colleagues/classmates, employers/superiors, friends who are too handsy for his liking, random strangers who happen to smile at you, or even family members who push him too far — but he just barely manages to feign innocence through reliance on his calm, polite, and loving facade (returning to the version of him you know and love before you get the chance to figure out what’s truly been going on around you)

(and then being there to hold you and comfort you through all of your pain and loneliness when the people you love start avoiding you like the plague whilst you remain completely in the dark)

placing small doses of certain potions in your food and drink whenever possible to keep you under his thumb (enough to have the desired effect but not enough for you to notice their presence)— with this including standardised things like sleeping potions to knock you out whilst he deals with ‘problematic’ individuals, or something less legal and of his own design like love potions to keep your desire for him alive even as the world around you crumbles the longer you stay with him

whenever you start to catch on, that’s when the love bombing and gaslighting begins — he won’t wipe your memory unless it’s absolutely necessary (your grief makes you vulnerable to his manipulation, after all), but if he can convince you that you’re being dramatic, or that you dreamt the whole thing up then that’s the ideal situation for him — he’ll hold you as you cry, shush you when you sob, kiss your hair and reassure you that he loves you, that he understands, that it will all be okay because he’s here now… and then he’ll take some gifts out of storage to cheer you up (a plush toy or book you’ve been wanting, a new outfit, or something else that you adore)

in short: yandere prune juice cookie is not a good partner, he’s a horrible manipulative man, but he is fucking fantastic at acting like he is one

[fluffshi-wxffle]

Random angst idea what if burning spice lost baby capsaicin before burning spice turn corruption. Burning spice thought he was dead lol.But in reality he still somewhere idk.

I feel like Pre-Corrupt Burning Spice would keep a very good eye on Capsaicin or have a nanny or just one of his generals watch him when he can’t.

For the MAP for example, I originally had that Pre-Corrupted Burning Spice sent Capsaicin away as BS was getting further into corruption. But one, Capsaicin was a toddler in that part of the story/MAP and two, would make Capsaicin a lot older than Prune Juice and Kouign-Amann. Since I have Cappy was baked with BS’s dough, he is basically in some sort of cryosleep when BS was sealed away that kept him a toddler (due to the power of Change, like how GC’s Soul Jam can make Soulcheeses and keep the Cookies at the age they died) and Flaming Hot Wing took care of him until he woke up and after (I hc Flaming Hot Wing to be Cappy’s Cream Critter or at least emotional support animal).

Burning Spice still doesn’t know if his son is alive but would eventually find him.

[lohotine]

May I ask for...Prune juice x reader with anxiety hcs? And maybe a one shot of said y/n waking up from a nightmare?

AN: Always up for a Prune Juice request! Half of this was written at 2 A.M., so it might be a little wonky. Enjoy ☆

Prune Juice x Anxious! Reader

Oneshot (headcanons below)

Warnings: None

-Breathe-

"Just focus on the sound of my heart. Can you do that, love?"

Just a few moments ago, you had awoken from yet another nightmare. These things have been getting more and more common lately, and because of this, Prune Juice was also being waken up.

Honestly, why did you have to bother him?

That's one of the thoughts you would think about, but soon, all of your racing thoughts and wandering memories would fade. All you could really focus on was Prune Juice's breathing and heartbeat.

In and out, in and out again. That's how Prune told you to breathe if you ever got anxious.

"I don't know if it'll work for you, but I hope it does. It works for me, after all."

That's what he said. And he was right, like he always was.

Prune Juice could feel you calming down. "Yes, just like that. You are doing an amazing job," he said as he gently ran his fingers through your hair.

All of your silent sobs and tears would be soaked up by his shoulder, and all of your bad thoughts would be pushed away by the sound of his heart.

You don't know why, but he always had such a calming effect on you.

"Now, if you want to talk to me about anything, then I can listen. If you don't want to, then I won't force you to." He kept playing with your hair while whiping away some stay tears.

"Maybe not at the moment," You'd explain with a shaky voice.

"Is there something else you want to do now, then?"

You nod your head. "Can we just cuddle more..?"

Prune Juice cups your face and looking into your eyes with a smile. "Of course. Here, why don't you lay on my chest so you can focus on my heartbeat?"

And so you would do just that. You would rest your head on his chest, and both if you would fall into yet another slumber.

《☆》 Fin

Headcanons:

Prune Juice is very perceptive

He picks up on any anxious signs that you show easily

Always helps you escape the situation if that's what you need

Or he'll just help you with the situation

Never forces you to talk about it if you don't want to, but does get you to tell him what you need

Pretty good at comforting since he also gets anxious sometimes

Will get you to breathe with him

Late at night, if you don't feel like sleeping, he reads stuff with you

Lots of forehead kisses and handholding

Always there when you wake up from nightmares

Very understanding and a great listener

[margarine-archives]

General Dating HCs With: Prune Juice Cookie !

part 2 is here !

note: I noticed there aren't anything at all for prune juice which is kinda funny. I don't have much info about him in general so I'm sorry if he's OOC, I'm just noting what I know from the triple cone cup event

- Prune Juice likes making remedies when you're sick, to him, its like making potions (but it heals) its a piece of cake for him

- sometimes when he feels like it, you become his little test subject ! whenever he's created something extraordinary he sometimes have you test them. He barely really does it though, since he doesnt need much testing when he crafts his potions

- He once made a potion for you to be immune to poison, it worked but it gave you a bad stomachache, he apologized with a kiss

- He has low stamina due to the fact he has his potions to do most of the work for him, if you plan on travelling with him then prepare to carry him after walking a few miles

- There are times when his confidence falters, and thats usually when he's REALLY upset, its your job to heal him back up !

- you were with him in his chambers in preparation for the tournament, only you can disturb him when he's busy, because he doesn't really mind (he loves it actually)

- to him, its motivating him to win, and to him, you're his little good luck charm in winning this tournament.

- loves it when you praise him, especially for his successful win in the 1st round, he's quite confident with that.

- as cheesy as it is, you're his motivation (in general), you're partially the reason he's still high and confident, the reason he can grow confidence again so quickly after feeling so low in the span of 5 minutes. He feels quite insecure of not being able to do magic like the other mages, to rely on his potions to do the work for him, and yet he becomes confident again after a few reassuring words from you !

- he loves your presence in general, you could be doing anything while he's busy making potions and he wouldn't mind. Might even offer for you to join him in making another batch of potions to sell

- he doesn't show it much (he probably doesn't even know how) but he's truly grateful for you, even if it may seem like he loves himself more on the outside (he probably does)

[revisitingfandoms]

Is there any new ships that you like at the moment ?

Answered #2

regarding cookie run or overall?

Considering most of this blog IS regarding cookie run- I'll just cover my cookie run ships.

Most of my shipping is pretty much overall 'hey these two are cool together' or 'i think they would work out well' with sides of 'but the ANGST potential of such a relationship'.

My current main ships on the hand;

Dark Cacao x Stormbringer cookie ( I find them really interesting as a concept; a semi-immortal mortal and a god-queen of sorts. Espically with their interactions during the cutscenes and such : D)

Pure Vanilla x Elder Faerie (I get shipping White Lily, but I like the angst that Pure Vanilla is unable to get with her without considering everything shes done as dec and its a constant trauma for him, meanwhile elder faerie is so open and welcoming and pv just falls)

Hollyberry x Pitaya (I personally HC the Pitaya is genderfluid in a sense that dragons don't give a fuck about what gender is while hollyberrys in the background. I also like the idea of one- if not both of them fumbling the other, its halirious)

Latte and Almond (Its more of a queerplatonic thing for me : V- their parents raising their shared adoptive daughter together without having ever been in a romantic relationship and both mentally gag about the thought of sleeping with one another.)

SilverBell x Mercurial (Something something front line warrior with his archer partner watching his back. I just like them okay.)

Kouign-Amann x Prune Juice x Capsaicin (I like my polyships and i espically enjoy their funky adventures.)

Stardust x Space Donut (Alien x Alien. I just like them their funky and its sweet.)

Clotted Cream x Finanicer Cookie (Bodyguard x the person their protection. I too, wish for a strong girlfriend who can kick ass and I can simp over.)

and of course the classic

Sea Fairy x Moonlight (Never being able to touch, to feel, to press a kiss upon one another, kept from each others embrace with only longing looks binding them to one another.)

Also I just realized you only asked about my newer ships-

but yeah these are the ones I just like the most out of em all, there all funky and I like a bunch of them, but these are the ones I mainly like : V

[falling-star-cygnus]

y'all my computer is getting FIXED, and my mama is letting me use hers, so the fic is here >W< -> post 'bout it: here -> ao3 fic: here

Summary: Prune Juice Cookie has beautiful eyes, but they're hardly ever open... Kouign Amann wonders why that is. Apologies are made, backstories are teased at, and the Champions grow just that much closer stems from a personal hc that Prune is just a wee bit sensitive to light, and it takes place during the celebrations after Capsaicin gets the third relic

"Word of advice: do close your eyes sometimes, hm?"

Surrounded by fanfare, by rightful celebration for the Scovilia champion and good food... Kouign Amann should be having fun. Or going over the trial to improve her skills at the very least.

But.. this one thought nags her.

...do close your eyes sometimes..

What did Prune Juice Cookie mean by that?

Her brow scrunches, her posture tense as she brings a knuckle to her lips.

Prune Juice was an exceptional cookie, obvious by his skills in potion-making and his quick [if dry] wit, but she can count on one hand the amount of times she'd seen those brilliant cyan eyes. Even less if she was talking about both.

..close your eyes...

A frail cookie, he calls himself, with so much barely repressed self-loathing-

It wasn't very lady-like to bite one's nails, but her white gloves were tough enough that she didn't actually get that far. So it was probably fine.

No one was looking at her right now anyway.

Word of advice..

"What did he mean..." the paladin mutters to herself, so lost in thought that-

"Isn't that an awfully serious face~" -she completely misses the arrival of the very cookie she's mulling over, "Don't tell me you're still sulking over the results, are you?"

Kouign Amann jumps damn near a foot in the air before she composes herself. The cookie of the hour [in her thoughts anyway] snickers with that infuriatingly smug smile of his.

The paladin scoffs, and denies feeling a little lighter at the sight.

"If anybody sulked around here, it'd be you, Prune Juice Cookie." Kouign jabs, her eyes unbiddenly drifting over to the actual cookie of the hour, "Besides... Capsaicin deserves this one."

And he does.

Though it had been a joint effort to take down that candy golem, without Capsaicin... well, lets just say the Triple Cone Cup would've come to a very abrupt end.

Prune Juice makes a low noise of acknowledgment.

"Well, you are right about that last part," he admits, before turning his closed gaze back to her, "But I seem to recall quite the long face after my victory in the first round."

This little-!

"I thought I had seriously hurt you!"

Kouign Amann can still see that spreading red puddle underneath the potion maker, those wheezing gasps of pain.. it was terrifying!

Her brow scrunches again as she looks towards Prune Juice's torso, hidden by elegant robes that cinch neatly around his- wow, his waist was trim.

"I did swing pretty hard..." she could probably fit both hands around it and have her fingertips touch.

Gently so, of course, she doesn't want to aggravate any bruises that might be there.

"...I don't like that look in your eye-"

Prune Juice Cookie starts hedging away from her as she advances. Kouign Amann doesn't think the potion maker ever actually got checked out after that first round, though!

Medically checked out, anyway.

"Hey-!" he squeaks as she starts probing at his sides.

"Oh calm down, I just want to check your ribs-"

"What for!? I was perfectly fine during the last two trials-!"

"I had to carry you during one!"

"I'm just a frail cookie!"

Kouign feels a vein tick in her brow.

"Well, which is it then? Are you frail or are you perfectly fine!?"

Honestly!

She doesn't feel anything unusual though, which is good, even if Prune Juice feels like he could crumble away under her fingertips. And it was true he had no issues keeping up with them in the last two trials, so...

Hmmm.

Prune Juice Cookie bats weakly at her hands, more similar to a choco-cat than anything, and Kouign gets a glimpse of those elusive cyans.

Which reminds her of her original train of thought.

"I've been thinking..." the paladin starts, reluctantly pulling her hands away from her rival's [new friend's?] waist.

"That much is obvious," he huffs at her, smoothing his pristine robes out with all the dramatics of a thespian.

Which Kouign Amann supposes he is, considering that little aforementioned stunt he pulled in the first trial. [Seriously! She thought she had fatally injured him! Crumbled him, even!] But, quite graciously, she ignores him.

It's a bit harder to ignore the large arm looping over her armored shoulders. Prune Juice yelps like a soggy choco-cat as he's also reeled in.

"Why the long faces, you guys? We won!"

"Ugh... you won, Capsaicin Cookie," the bitter cookie reminds him, though it seems more like some half-hearted script than any genuine grumpiness.

"Well- I got the relic, yeah, but it was a group effort!"

Kouign Amann giggles in agreement, some long tense and proper part of her relaxing under the weight of the Spice Overlord's warm arm. It's... nice. So so nice.

And so so cold when he pulls away from them.

She sees the brim of a large droopy hat get pulled down in the corner of her eye, and knows Prune Juice feels the same.

"I was just thinking of something Prune Juice Cookie said in the last trial," Kouign offers by way of explanation.

He flinches, just barely, and his pretty eyes flutter shut again.

"I said a lot of things, in the last trial," Prune hedges, looking away from them, "...admittedly, most of them unpleasant."

Huh?

Capsaicin Cookie tilts his head to the side, looking adorably confused as well.

Most of them unpleasant? What-?

Ohhh.

His large hat gets pulled down over his eyes again, before he suddenly bends at the waist- deeply. Kouign Amann and Capsaicin sputter in shock.

Prune Juice was a proud cookie- a very proud cookie- so.. to bow his head like this...

"This is hard for me to say, because this rarely happens, but... I'm sorry."

...did she hit her head? Was she dreaming?

Clawed fingers pinch her arm, careful of her puffy sleeves and sleek gloves, and- ow.

Not a dream.

Definitely not a dream.

"I let my emotions get the better of me," Prune Juice continues, resolutely keeping his position, "...and a lot of what I said was.. cruel."

Cruel?

Kouign Amann thinks back on it, and finds what she's looking for. The one liners, the barbs, the- ..screaming at Capsaicin Cookie.

"And if not for my potion... soon enough, you would've realized this wasn't really a matter to laugh about, so to speak!" "Oh, how great it feels to be recognized!"

"I only stayed with you lot because you were useful to me!" "What are you looking at?! Whatever you're about to say, SAVE IT! Run! We need to get out of here!"

"Oh, if only they could see you now! Pathetic!" "And you think I wanted to be baked frail?"

Each nasty remark, each attempt to boast himself higher, it was all... so fake. Kouign didn't take any of it seriously. Not when it was so quickly contradicted.

With both words and actions.

"Prune Juice Cookie..." she can't help but breathe.

Capsaicin Cookie beats her to the metaphorical punch.

He reaches out one clawed hand, burdened by the remnants of a shackle, and cups the potion maker's face. He doesn't force him to look up, or out of his apologetic bow, just- holds him.

Prune's breath hitches.

"...I don't think I ever would've used my full power.." he says, oh-so quietly. Like a secret. "...if it wasn't for you."

His hand is large enough that the very tips of his fingers reach the back of Prune Juice's head.

"I needed to hear- all of that."

Kouign Amann reaches out next, pries off her glove and cups the other side of the trembling potion maker's face- thumbs under a fragile eye she can't see.

Her hand is calloused and rough- dotted with scars from her trainee days- and so she tries to be as gentle as Capsaicin is with his claws.

Together, as she's learning works so well, they lift Prune's head.

"Prune Juice Cookie," she coaxes, "You saved us."

They bring him to a stand, to his proud- normal posture- and his hands raise to loosely circle their wrists.

"Alright, I'm afraid... you've lost me."

"I- we told you to run," Capsaicin Cookie explains, tugging lightly at Prune Juice's cheek, "You could've left us to crumble under all that rubble."

"But you didn't." Kouign adds on, unable to help herself, "You keeping saying you're this- frail cookie, but Prune Juice-"

"You're so strong."

They, overlord and paladin, speak together- from the depths of their souls, pressing their foreheads to their rival's. Like they could beam the truth into his overworking brain.

And overheating, apparently, as his cheeks burn.

"You... think I'm strong?" he all but whispers, into the stolen air between them.

The Spice Overlord grins, large and genuine and bright. It's infectious. Even to bitter, self-loathing cookies.

"Who's the best potion maker in all the land?"

"The chosen champion of Parfaedia?"

Finally, finally, those elusive cyans- too green to be called blue and too blue to be real- flutter open to meet their own.

"Well... that'd be the one and only Prune Juice Cookie, obviously."

They ignore how his voice warbles, how his bright eyes might be brighter with something other than disuse. It wasn't important in this moment, stolen in the shadows of celebration.

It was just them, their secrets, and all the affirmations they could whisper.

"Oh-! Right," Kouign Amann perks up, at long last finally getting to ask the question that's been nagging at her brain, "Prune Juice!"

"Word of advice: do close your eyes sometimes, hm?"

"What did you mean by that? Keep your eyes closed? You have such a pretty pair, it's a shame you hide them.."

Capsaicin nods in agreement beside her, leaning in close for a better look at those oh-so-coveted irises and white slit pupils.

"Ah- mm," Prune Juice Cookie looks away from them, as much as he can with their hands on his face, "Now why would I tell you that? We're still rivals, you know. Flattery will get you nowhere!"

"Aww, come on! We were bonding!" Capsaicin tries to cajole, shifting his large hand to nudge his face against the potion maker's cheek.

"Nope! We were not-!"

"We so were!" the paladin tacks on, playfully petulant as she corner him from the other side.

With a smug glance at her Scovilian rival, the two adjust just the slightest bit and-

-press two obnoxiously sweet kisses to Prune Juice Cookie's bright red cheeks.

"Mwah!"

Oh-

Ah...

Maybe they should've taken it easy on the poor thing- just to keep him from passing out in any near future.

Baby steps, Kouign Amann tells herself, and giggles at her shared armful of bitter cookie.

Baby steps.