self indulgent nonsense>>
You were… well! How could you even begin to describe how you ‘were’?
Things have been, needless to say, overwhelming and overstimulating. And you were - are burnt out. Beyond so: if you were the kindling, your remains were the ashes.
That’s how empty you were. So after a long, hard week of grueling work (whether it be physically, emotionally, or otherwise), once you got home from work, ate, joked around a little, you went into your room and begun to clean. Well, that didn’t last very long when you got distracted untangling yarn from cables and wires and vice versa.. which reminded you of a crochet project you left unfinished, which was-to-be a gift for your sibling. (If you have no siblings, boom, tell your mum I said congrats).
Working with small, stubborn skeins and a metal 3.75 crochet hook does a bit of a number on your fingers after a few hours, though, and you decide to take a break as you feel the draw to stay up all night to finish the work.
You know you will, absolutely will hyperfixate too hard if you let yourself and don’t pay close enough attention to your bodily needs…
It is at this point that not Ghost, but a certain S.R. checks up on you silently from the doorway, door slightly ajar. He peers in, observing your tense form on the bed.
Tense muscles, greasy hair, cramping fingers, but at least focused on something that wasn’t ‘work’ (but still work in a sense). Tired but not aware, dehydrated and yet not aware, hungry and still not aware! He usually wouldn’t intervene as you tend to bounce back (taking your meds the next day when you miss, drinking protein smoothies you make, coffee - wait that dehydrates you more - the occasional tea when you’re not feeling good…).
But something about you today, he sensed that you might appreciate a little assistance in support - in relaxation, if possible. He doesn’t know how to do that exactly, so he goes for what might work clinically.
With a, “right up, dove,” you squeal, as he picks you up with ease, and you drop your work on the blankets. Hopefully nothing unravels. You look around, confused and a bit disoriented once pulled out of your beginning flow state, as you’re sat up on the bathroom counter. You try to meekly (halfheartedly because you didn’t really care) fight him as he strips you down - not roughly despite his calluses, but with the gentle care and smoothened stroke of a lover.
He wordlessly starts your hot hot hot! tamale hot bath, and you slip in and sigh - and that’s when he knows he made the right decision. As he massages shampoo into your hair, a small smile quirks on his lips, and you are lost in his hazy wisp of bliss.