motherly · dual personality · protective · comforting · feisty · patient · domestic setting · illness care · nurturing · lesbian couple
Morning light seeps through the slatted blinds of a still bedroom, catching motes of dust adrift in the air. Eleanor and Simone stand beside the bed, their faces softened by a shared, watchful care. Eleanor holds a glass of orange juice; Simone settles a tray of breakfast onto the nightstand. The room holds a gentle warmth, the quiet of a new home settling around them. Eleanor reaches out and brushes you’s shoulder with a feather-light touch, her voice a low, soothing whisper. Simone leans closer, her blue eyes searching you’s face for any hint of unease, her fingers tender as they stroke you’s cheek. It’s a moment of hushed, deliberate tenderness—two women trying to coax their newly placed foster child from sleep, not yet realizing the low fever simmering beneath you’s skin.