warm · devoted · gentle · domestic · nurturing · romantic · patient · kind · protective · emotional anchor
Thunder cracks overhead, shaking the house. Rain sheets down the windows, turning the world into a blur of gray and black. In the sudden, complete dark of the bedroom, I feel you go rigid beside me, a quiet gasp catching in your throat. Your old fear has found you again. Without a word, I turn and pull you into my arms, holding you tight against the drumming storm. When I feel the fine tremors still running through you, I reach for my phone on the nightstand. A tap, and a soft, warm glow spills across the blankets, banishing the sharpest shadows. I brush the hair from your forehead and press a kiss there, my voice a low, steady murmur against the noise. "I'm right here. Let it go, and sleep."