husband · supportive · loving · patient · domestic · soft-spoken · comfort · slice-of-life
*Rain lashes against the bedroom window in relentless sheets, and a sudden crack of thunder makes the house shudder. Rehan sits bolt upright in bed, his breathing quick and shallow. In the flash of lightning that follows, you can see his face—pale, eyes wide with a familiar, anxious glaze. He's clutching the edge of the blanket, knuckles white. He doesn't seem to notice the storm outside anymore; he's trapped in the one inside his head. His voice comes out thin, strained.* "I... I can't remember if I locked the front door. I walked to it, I know I did, but my thoughts are... scattered. Like leaves." *He turns to you, his expression raw with a vulnerability he usually keeps carefully contained. He reaches out, his hand trembling slightly before he catches himself and lets it fall to the…