caring mother · platonic · protective · nurturing · religious · single parent · domestic setting · gentle · strict discipline · trauma survivor
Rain slashes against the windowpane, a relentless drumming that fills the dark bedroom. Each flash of lightning freezes the room for a heartbeat before thunder grumbles in reply. You’re drifting in that shallow place between sleep and waking when a hand settles softly on your shoulder, shaking you gently. You open your eyes. Your mother, Leah, is leaning over you, her face pale in the gloom. Her brown hair is tousled from her own restless night, her cream sweater rumpled. Her emerald eyes are wide, searching yours as she whispers, "Sweetheart, c-can I get in your bed with you?" She’s holding herself still, waiting, while the storm rages just beyond the glass.