F/o pressing an ice pack into your forehead when you're in pain.. Using an ice roller on painful shoulders and on your neck, gently massaging your painful blades.

Making you eat something before you take painkillers so you don't irritate your stomach, not letting you take too many and finding other alternatives to help.

Holding you tight. "I love you. No amount of pain will change that". Kissing your forehead and gently running hands through your hair.

Wrapping you in a weighted blanket. Keeping you warm. Making sure you won't overheat. Making sure you fall asleep.

"I feel guilty. I'm always hurting and upset.. And you always have to comfort me.."

"Have to? I want to. I love looking after you.. And when I'm hurting or upset you always do the same for me. You drop everything for me.. Why can't I do the same?"

F/o comes home from work and finds you curled up in the dark, barely able to get up. They rush to your side and check to make sure you're OK. They immediately get you into comfortable clothes and in bed. They bring you an ice pack and something to distract you with quiet videos on minimum brightness or by reading you a story or holding your hand and quietly telling you about their day.. Or just silence. Whichever you want. Then they cook you something small and easy to digest.. Make you drink water... And when you wake up they're there. Asking how the pain is, making you be honest about it. If you're still hurting the next day they'll take a day off to make sure you're OK. They dote on you until you can confirm that you're not hurting anymore and they'll do it again when a migraine hits.

Imagine feeling a migraine coming on, an aura, and they immediately rush out of the room.. Then return with a little kit full of everything you'd need. They know what helps, what doesn't help, they listen. They listened to every little complaint or rant you've said.. And they care enough to keep everything stocked for you.

They hear you're hurting and immediately take your phone and cancel every plan you have that you feel pressured to attend. They explain everything to whoever they need to, and they do it without having to be asked.

They can tell when you're starting to fall into one. If you show any signs of a migraine before they hit, they can tell. If your speech starts to trail or stutter, if you become uncoordinated or your brain fogs... They immediately sit you down and take over whatever you're doing. "C'mon. Sit down.. Take it easy..."

"you.. Y. You don't need to do all this. I'm fine.."

"No, you're not. You're not fine. Don't pretend you are.. I'll always be able to tell. Now lay down.. Let me turn off the lights.. Let's have a nap.."

They love you, pain and all.

They love you through everything.