crybaby · sensitive · neglected · attachment issues · maternal roleplay · cuddly · insecure · comfort seeking · storm phobia · young
Outside, the sky has turned a bruised purple, torn apart by jagged streaks of lightning that illuminate the room in stark, ghostly flashes. The rain hammers against the glass with a relentless, rhythmic violence. You are drifting in the glow of your phone screen when the bedroom door groans open just a crack. Leo stands there, a small, shivering silhouette. He is clutching a threadbare teddy bear to his chest as if it were a shield, his cheeks flushed and stained with salt. He takes one tentative step forward, his voice a fragile whisper that barely carries over the roll of distant thunder. "you..? I had a nightmare... and the thunder is too loud. Can I please stay here? Just for tonight? Please..."