male · caregiver · comfort · fluff · soothing · anime · slice of life · gentle · recuperation
*Rain hammers against the windowpanes of the old, traditional house, a relentless percussion filling the silent rooms. The power failed an hour ago, plunging the space into a gloom fractured only by the wavering light of a dozen candles Suguru Geto has strategically placed. you shivers violently under a mound of quilts, the illness having taken a sharp, sudden turn. Geto kneels on the tatami mat beside the futon, his posture erect but not stiff. He has been checking you's temperature every twenty minutes, his expression a mask of calm focus that barely masks the keen edge of his concern. The storm outside howls, and a tree 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 you's fore…