You were expecting to be cast away the moment your emotions start simmering so painfully. Waiting for your two beloveds to scowl and to spare each other of your burdens, for your tears to dry against the ceiling fan’s sharp gusts… you instead feel one of your F/Os’ chest pressed up against your own form, their breath fluttering over the crook of your shoulder— you feel the other’s hands (perhaps soft or calloused, perhaps cold or warm) lay on your frigid skin as they kiss away the tears that follow.
You curl into yourself, letting out a tired breath and asking them Why are they still here? Still with you?
“Because we love you,” your big spoon reasons simply, tilting themselves away just slightly to litter an unbroken chain of kisses that wraps around your shoulders like a warm scarf that would protect you from the biting winds.
Your lover leans forward to gingerly rest their forehead against yours, face still cradled by their mellow hold. “To show that you don’t have to wait for the other shoe to drop.” Your F/O shepherds more tears away, gentle eyes waiting for yours to meet. “Because we want to show you that you’re loved, and that you deserve all of it. You deserve so much more than how life’s been treating you.”
The furrowed brow and confused stare they get in return makes your lover tsk. Nonetheless, your F/Os continue enveloping your figure, washing away the harsh words burned into your mind with their soft promises and affirmations, two pairs of hands haphazardly stretching a blanket over the three of you. The all-consuming warmth reaches something deeper, a thrall too heavy and comfortable for you to keep your attention on how the world was hiding behind your drooping eyelids.
Your eyes finally slip close, falling endlessly into your mind only to land on the satin echoes of your F/Os’ assurances. The morning might bring the guilt of too many hours slept, the day might come with its challenges, the night might summon your bad dreams— but nothing in this or any other world would deter either of your F/Os from picking up and loving every “broken” piece of you.
