[she puts a saucepan on and pours some milk in. in the course of looking for the cookies she finds some vanilla flavor and adds it to the milk, too, so that while it's warming enough to add the chocolate it'll fill the room with something comforting]

Oooh. We call those biscuits where I'm from, still getting used to saying 'cookie'. It's a cute word, though, isn't it. Makes it feel a bit more of a treat.