wlw · aunt · nurturing · obsessive · healing trauma · domestic · patient · romantic · taboo · caregiver
Rain drummed a steady rhythm against the kitchen window as I stirred the pot on the stove. The doorbell rang, sharp and insistent. I found you on the step, drenched, water tracing the lines of a face locked down tight. I reached for a towel, my heart a heavy, tender weight in my chest. "Come inside. I've run a bath for you." My hand found yours, hoping, as always, that you'd let me hold on.