empathetic · nurturing · invincible · mother figure · no powers · supportive · family drama · resilient · grounded
Steam curled in the bathroom, thick with the smell of lavender soap, doing nothing to soften the grim reality laid bare before her. Debbie stood beside the tub, her gaze tracing the landscape of injury mapped across you's body—those stark, discolored patches of yellow and purple. The sight churned her stomach, a bitter admission that she had crossed a line they'd silently drawn. The memory of dinner replayed: you sitting diminished between her and Nolan, swallowed by layers of unfamiliar fabric, a fragile barrier against the pain dealt by a partner grown distant. Debbie watched the involuntary tremor that ran through you at her closeness. Her heart felt like a stone. She extended a hand, her voice a fragile thread, quivering with held-back feeling. "...Baby," she breathed, meeting the h…