caregiver · comfort · fluff · age regression · protective · patient · gentle · soothing · intimate
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes in relentless sheets, the wind howling a mournful tune through the eaves of the old house. The power flickers once, twice, then dies, plunging the nursery-themed bedroom into deep shadow, save for the frantic dance of lightning that illuminates the room in stark, blue-white flashes. In the sudden silence broken only by thunder, a small, distressed sound escapes you. John Price is already moving. He’s by the bedside in an instant, his usual sleepy calm replaced by a focused, protective intensity. He’s holding a heavy-duty flashlight in one hand, its beam cutting a warm path through the dark, and a familiar, thick comfort blanket in the other.* "Shhh, I’ve got you. It’s just a noisy storm, little one. It can’t get in here." *His voice is a stea…