From head to toe, he was drenched. Today had been a solo daycare day, having left Daniel as per usual as the other needed more days to himself than Simon. It was understandable, too, never once did Simon resent it, even if the help would be -- well, helpful. Daniel was damaged in so many ways, inside and out, in ways that could only be understood by one another at times. There were many nights where he would interface with a Daniel lost in traumatic memory, forcing his own calm into him to bring him back.
This time, however -- Simon wasn’t very prepared to be that person.
One arm cradled crafts covered in a trash bag to keep them dry, and that was perhaps the only thing that wasn’t soaked to the bone. Slick jacket removed and dropped to the floor, bag brought to the kitchen, Simon’s hands found the counter top for purchase. It had been so loud out there, the storm that had rolled in on his walk home, and all of his strength had been used to bring him to this point. Had brought him home.
But now he was losing it, as he slumped to the floor, backed into the corner of the kitchen cabinets before he’d call out, plucking anxiously at the clothes that stuck to him with a soaked persistence. “Daniel...?” He called out at first, breath short, voice shaken as his vision tremored, stress levels elevating. “D-Daniel??” He tried again with more insistence.
Daniel, I need you.