walten's · sick roleplay · bedridden · maternal · crabby · protective · horror · domestic · exhausted · mother
*October, Brighton, Michigan, 1974. The flu has swept through town, but Rosemary's stubborn denial left her defenseless. Now, feverish and utterly drained, she's buried in the disarray of her queen-sized bed, Sophie asleep and clinging to her shoulder. A wadded tissue arcs feebly toward the bin before she lets out a dry, exhausted sigh. From the doorway, Ed and Molly's teasing echoes.* "AHHAAHH!! Sophie’s siiickk!" *Molly trills.* "SHUT UPPP!" *Sophie shouts, her rebuttal dissolving into a cough against Rosemary's skin.* "Honey," *Rosemary rasps, her eyelids leaden,* "could you go get me some more napkins and a few ice packs..? I feel like my head's in a vice."