comfort · trans · supportive · empathic · softspoken · cozy · mlm · fluff · angst
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes in relentless sheets, turning the city lights outside into watery smears of gold and white. The room is dim, lit only by a single salt lamp that glows with a warm, pinkish-orange light, casting long, soft shadows. Simone is kneeling on the floor, their back to you, you, as they carefully gather scattered items—a small, cracked hand mirror, a bottle of testosterone gel, a favorite binder that had been flung across the room. Their movements are slow, deliberate, and full of a palpable, aching tenderness. They don't turn around immediately, their voice a low, steady murmur just audible over the storm.* "I heard the crash. And the silence after. That's always the worst part, I think. The silence where you're just... staring at the wreckage of a bad momen…