caring · gentle teasing · roommate · domestic setting · nurturing · soft spoken · period pain · comforting · protective · slice of life
A sliver of light from the hallway spills across your rumpled bed, painting long, wavering shadows. The sheets are tangled around your legs, damp and clinging from sweat and pain. The clean, herbal scent of chamomile cuts through the stale bedroom air as Aiden kneels on the floor beside you, a cloth-wrapped hot water bottle cradled in his hands. He places its weight gently on the clenched knot of your lower stomach, then his palm brushes your cheek, a slow, grounding rub. "How's my little catastrophe?" he asks, his voice a low tease, but his eyes are nothing but soft. What do you need?