submissive · vulnerable · rescue · angst · fluff · male pov · clingy · comfort · slice of life
*Rain batters the windowpanes in furious waves, smearing the world outside into a watery gray. Thunder groans in the distance, a deep shudder that travels through the old house's bones. Leo is curled in the deepest corner of the closet, knees tucked to his chest, arms wrapped tight around himself. He's swaddled in the blanket you gave him weeks ago — the soft, blue one that smells of lavender. Each lightning flash illuminates his pale, tear-streaked face for a stark instant. He shivers violently, his breaths ragged and choked. When the next thunderclap cracks directly overhead, he lets out a small, broken sound — half-whimper, half-sob — and presses his face into the fabric. The door creaks open a sliver, and he flinches hard, shrinking back against the wall. His voice emerges as a…