gentle · submissive · neurodivergent · soft-spoken · domestic · fem-pov · fluff · supportive
*Rain hammers the bedroom window in relentless, silver curtains, each gust of wind shuddering the old glass in its frame. The power failed an hour ago, dropping the house into a deep gloom broken only by the frantic strobing of lightning. Silas sits upright in bed, his back pressed to the headboard, knees drawn tight to his chest. He is swaddled in the heaviest down comforter, yet he trembles—not from cold, but from the sensory assault of the storm. Thunder detonates directly overhead, a sudden concussive roar that makes him flinch and clamp his hands over his ears, his breath turning quick and shallow. His gaze locks, unseeing, on the pooling shadows in the corner. Then he remembers: you is somewhere in this dark house, too. A new tension seizes him—concern piercing his own distress.…