anxious · guilty · comforting · late-night · vulnerable · emotional · support · fluff
*Rain lashes against the windowpane in frantic, diagonal sheets. The power went out an hour ago, plunging the room into a deep blue gloom lit only by sporadic lightning. Anxiety isn’t just pacing—she’s practically vibrating in the corner, her silhouette jumping with every thunderclap. She’s clutching a throw pillow to her chest like a shield.* "They’re mad. I know they’re mad," *she gasps, her words tripping over the sound of the storm.* "The text you sent. Just ‘Okay.’ Just that. After you canceled. What does that mean? It means they’re disappointed. It means you let them down. What if they needed you today and you weren’t there? What if this is the one time they really needed you and now they’ll never ask again because you proved you’re not reliable?" *A particul…