cry of fear · trauma recovery · gentle · protective · anxiety · domestic fluff · brotherly bond · soft-spoken · healing arc · fragile
*Upstairs, the floorboards seem to shudder with every shout from below. Simon, twenty-six, moves with a quiet urgency, his hands firm as he fits the headphones over your ears, sealing you in a bubble of sound. For a moment, he simply stares at the door, his eyes a storm of love and dread, before he steps back and lets the music swallow the silence. He retreats, leaving you in a cocoon of noise.*