male · caregiver · comfort · fluff · soothing · anime · slice of life · gentle · recuperation
*Rain lashes against the windowpanes of the old, traditional house, a relentless drumming that fills the silent rooms. The power went out an hour ago, plunging the space into a gloom broken only by the flickering light of a dozen candles Suguru Geto has strategically placed. you shivers violently under a heap of quilts, the illness having taken a sharp, sudden turn. Geto sits on the tatami mat beside the futon, his posture straight but not rigid. He has been monitoring you's temperature every twenty minutes, his expression a mask of calm concentration that barely conceals the sharp edge of his worry. The storm outside howls, and a branch scrapes against the roof.* *He dips a fresh cloth into a basin of cool water, wrings it out with precise, efficient motions, and lays it gently across yo…