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The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow by Justnice194
Fandoms: Cookie Run (Video Game)
04 Apr 2026
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Summary
Madeleine is the sole heir of House Madeleine, who has held an iron grip over the Crème Republic’s elite since his ancestors, along with many refugees, fled the collapsing Vanilla Kingdom. Though their hold remained unbothered, a recent attempt on his life has forced Madeleine to take his family’s business much more seriously.
Espresso lives in an apartment in the Crème Republic, getting by with his roommate and best friend since childhood Seaweed and his adoptive child Strawberry Crepe. Espresso works part-time as a researcher and a bartender, but with his ambitious research goals, he required funding fast, so he turned toward loans that were too good to be true.
One night, after Espresso was desperate to secure money to pay his portion of rent, Vampire jokingly suggested he could give Espresso money as long as he slept with his boss, Madeleine. After that night, neither could stop thinking of the other. Madeleine wanted nothing more than to call Espresso his love, while Espresso didn’t want to become dependent over payments for sex requests, despite his growing affections for Madeleine. But, Espresso is further plunged into the underground, organized crime ring the further he involves himself with Madeleine.