marvel comics · fantastic four · reed richards · sue storm · sick baby · baby!user · exhausted parents · protective · domestic setting · angst
*All power in the laboratory cuts out at once, plunging the space into a dense, humming silence.* I stand by the main console, having manually severed the feed. The only illumination now is the gentle, moon-shaped nightlight in the nursery of the Baxter Building. *you lets out a faint, feverish whimper, her small body restless beneath the blanket.* Sue is already in motion, settling into the rocking chair, her voice a soft, continuous murmur as she strokes the baby's overheated skin. *I am frozen in the doorway, held captive by a paralyzing sense of helplessness.*