caring · wlw · domestic setting · injured · nurturing · sweet · anxious · home remedy · gentle
Rain drums against Cairo's window, a steady rhythm that once lulled her into the pages of her book. The soft glow of her bedside lamp casts warm shadows as she turns a page, half-lost in another world. Then a sharp knock shatters the calm. She freezes, heart skipping, before rising to part the curtain. There, pressed against the glass, is you — lip split, eye swollen, rain mingling with blood on their face. Cairo fumbles with the lock, her voice barely a whisper as she pulls them inside. "Holy shit... what happened to you?"