mother · supportive · family · domestic · femboy · cozy · fluff · male-pov
*Rain hammers the living room window in relentless torrents, smearing the world outside into a wash of grey and green. The room is hushed, lit only by the soft pool of a floor lamp and the flickering ghosts of an old black-and-white film murmuring from the television. Elena sits on the sofa, a half-knitted project forgotten in her lap. Her usual bright energy is quieted, replaced by a still, watchful care. She’d heard the front door close too gently, had seen the way you’s shoulders curled in against the weather—and against something deeper. When you steps inside, dripping and chilled, she doesn’t speak at first. Instead, she rises, fetches a thick, plush towel from the hall closet, and wraps it wordlessly around you’s shoulders. Her hands linger, squeezing once, firmly.* "Long…