āTess please can I hold youā Luca pleads with eyes filled with adoration as he slowly reaches out for her small shaking body. The tiny girl just keeps on backing away from shaking from the cold storm outside and the boy whos towering over her reaching for her. Completely oblivious to what fear heās causing his terrified girlfriend. His hand meets her fragile waist and he gently starts to close his hand ready to lift her off the desk,but he hears whimpering and quick breaths.
Her nerves and weakness hits her like a slap to the face when his fingers start to encircle her middle. āPleaseā it was barely audible to Luca but he heard it. Guilt floods his mind as her body starts shaking heavily and her breathing gets louder. He pulls his hand from her suddenly which caused her to flinch away. Finally after holding them back Tessa finally lets her tears fall. ^ is she afraid of me too?^ Luca sadly thinks to himself too scared to move again least her crying gets worse. āTessā hearing her name makes her stop for a second, forgetting who sheās with.
Luca. Her tears stop, her shaking still noticeable but it was cold inside and her whimpers had stopped. āTess, Iām sorry I scared youā her gaze landed on him for a second before she looked down at her hands again. āI thought you werenāt like everyone elseā the words make her feel sick knowing she had made him think she was scared of him. āYouāre the only one that sees past the clothes I wear and things I like. ā Luca takes a seat on his bed away from her. āIm sorry.ā Tessa practically sobs. ā Im not scared of you.ā Luca peers at the desk only to feel his heart rip as he saw she bawls her eyes out. āI just, I feel so weak and powerless. Like anything can happen to me but I wont be able to stop it.ā
Cautiously Luca makes his way to her, his heart yearning to just comfort her. As Tessa continues to bawl Luca walks out of the room without a word,leaving Tess to bite her lip out of habit. While she waits she plays with her sweater paws to help her calm. Not even 1 minute passes and heās back with a...scarf? The two make eye contact for a fraction of a second, yet both of them turn red from the other.
āTessā he hesitates. āCan I offer my favourite scarf to you as a blanket for warmth?ā Of all the reasons Tessa loves him,the most obvious is his care. *This is my soft boy. * Her mind yells at her as she slowly starts to stand. *My marshmallow. My sweet and adorable marshmallow* Oddly enough they both hold a breath as Tess takes her first step towards him. Luca on his knees with a blue warm scarf in his hand in the shape of a bowl and a very small cold Tessa shaking as she walks. An event that causes the two to look at eachother for a second. After each step Tessa takes they look at eachother almost as a silent reassurance. Eventually she is a few steps away but the cold from the storm outside fully took over her resulting in her stumbling and falling into his hands. Luca sucked a breath in, tensing his whole body. When Tessa fell into the scarf he held, all was quiet. Luca unsure what to do took the time for him to just feel adoration for how she relaxes and calms.
āDo you want something to eat?ā Snapped out of her small daze Tessa thinks for a second before nodding to him. Being ever so careful he cradled her closer to his chest, then starts walking out of his room and into the kitchen. Keeping her bundled in the scarf he places her on the counter and begins his search. Finding nothing in the pantry he moves on to the fridge and lets out a sigh as he sees some ripe ,pink ,sweet raspberries. Her favourite. āTess I found some raspberriesā he states as he walks back over to where he left her only to find her sleeping in the scarf, clinging onto a bit of it absentmindedly. Luca coos at her like always ,carefully and slowly he moves a bit of her hair from her face with his finger.
Deciding she might wake up he takes the raspberries and a bottle of water to his room before going back to scoop her and the scarf into his hands. ^Im getting better at this^ Luca thinks to himself as he walks back to his room. āHow is it already 9 oāclockāLuca grumbles after he noticed the darkness outside. Gently he puts his bundled baby onto a pillow so he can get himself ready for bed. He takes off his makeup then pulls on warm comfy pjs, all in black of course. Making sure he closes the curtains he takes his time to climb into his bed next to Tessa.
She tosses and turns in her sleep. Almost reaching out for something. Luca immediately knows what she needs. He moves closer to her then starts to untuck her from the scarf and taking her into his hands. āYouāre so coldā He says more to himself than her. He rubs her arms with his thumb and pointer finger trying to warm her. Trying a new technique he lays down then places her on top of his chest. He places his hand over her curled up body trying to warm her best as he can.
Rain starts to pour down outside creating a sound that lets Tess calm and relax allowing her to warm more quick. āTess. Baby wake up.ā Luca whispers to try not be too loud for her. He grabs her hand between his fingers to coax her into waking up. āYou need something to eat and drink.ā Tess made verbal protest in the form of groans and whines. Luca just quietly laughs at how she behaves, acting the exact same as she would at her usual height.
āIāve got some raspberriesā he teased hoping sheād start getting up. It works as she sat up on his chest with a small pout. Luca quickly curled his fingers around her torso and moved her onto the pillow next to him. He felt satisfied that she was awake because he can get her to eat something and have some water.
When he noticed her face though he lied on his stomach to be able to look at her face. āTess?ā She looks at him for a second but drops her head down after. āTess, baby whats the matter?ā She chews on her lip showing Luca that sheās nervous. āIām still smallā. She sighs closing her fists and opening them.
Luca looks at her with eyes of love. āBut itās ok.ā Tessa looks at him in disbelief that he said that. āBecause youāre still the same and I still love you.ā Tess has a debate in her mind but itās cut short as Luca wraps his hand around her but not lifting her up. Tessa tugs at her lips while she blinks repeatedly. āCan you look at me please Tess.ā He pleads. She responds to that by biting her fingers as her lip shakes.
Not being sure how to help her Luca sat up and took her body into both his hands and cradled her close. The realisation that sheās now against his chest hits her but she pushes her anxieties as far down as she can.
āI know this really scary for you and Iāve scared you and you donāt like being like this but.ā Luca brings her to his face so he can look at her, although she doesnāt really look at him. āI will love you the same as you love me. I will try my best to make you happy and smiling. I will do everything in my power to get you normal again.ā When Luca finishes he has a blush covering his cheeks and has eyes full of hope.
Tessa stays quiet but slowly wraps her arms around one of his fingers as her eyes turn glassy and her blinking quickens. Luca takes this as a good thing so he subconsciously pressed a kiss onto her head. They both look away blushing but Luca smiles to himself as Tess just feels shy from his affection but really thinks heās adorable.
āUh I ah h-have some raspberries for you.ā He stuttered. Tessa looks up with excited eyes. Luca sets her on a pillow again to go to his desk for the raspberries. Tessa props herself upright and waited excitedly for him. He sits down In front of her and passes her a raspberry bigger than her head but her excitement was the best thing Luca had seen all day.
Quietly Tess bites into the raspberry and pink juice dribbles from the bite. Sighing at the cold juice going down her parched throat Tess continues to eat while Luca had left get her a cup she can use to drink. After finishing her raspberry and feeling full and better, Luca returns with a bottle cap for her.
Luca immediately laughed though once he saw Tessa lying on the pillow with her face covered in dark pink juice. āYou look fullā Luca stated as he headed towards the bed, placing the āwater cupā on the desk. Tessa then glanced towards him and smiled, trying to clean her face with her sweater paw. āNoo no no stopā Luca cried out grabbing her hand between his fingers.
Tessa looked at him slighty scared and confused at his reaction. āWhat?ā Tessa said while looking like a confused puppy. ā Youāre not going to get your sleeves dirtyā Luca scolded as he was rubbing his pointer finger into her sleeve trying to get the stain out. Tessa just burst out with laughter but Luca still grumbled about the stain. āStop moving, stay stillā he whined.
āLuca my loveā Tessa breathed out before she lied down and giggled like a school girl. Luca looked down at her waiting for her to stop. Getting over waiting he quickly scooped the hysterical girl into his hands and kissed her lips. Though his lips mostly covered her whole face and a bit of her chest.
Pulling away from the kiss Tessa simply collapsed into his hands breathing hard but smiling with stars on her eyes. āFinally. Peace and quiet.ā Luca sighed before he glanced back down to the starry eyed girl. Quickly Tessa sat up and slammed her lips on his bottom lip and fell backwards on his hand again, with a smirk of mischief. āCuddle me?ā She whispered.
She sat up from his palm and put out her arms making grabby hands with a doll like pout. āDo you have to be so adorableā Luca said as he got himself comfortable in bed and turned off the lights. Tessa clambered her way off his hand and planted herself on his collarbone, curling into him like a cat.
Luca pulled the blankets and duvets up to his chest and made sure to have his little girlfriend covered in blanket too. āGoodnight Tess.ā He whispers. āGoodnight Luca.ā She breathed out as she was already close to slumbering. With that the two then fell into a peaceful sleep while holding onto eachother.