Tender Love and Care
A/N: picture isn’t mine it’s from google. This was requested by my friend @shieldmaiden25 I hope this makes you feel better babe.
Modern Aethelred x Reader
Your boyfriend Aethelred has been calling and texting you all day. It was getting annoying really. You kept ignoring his calls and not even reading his texts. You are not mad at him but you were not in the mood to be dealing with him right now. For the past couple of months you have not been feeling like your usual bubbly sarcastic self. You have been going through some severe depression. It is a real struggle to get out of bed in the morning or to even get out of bed at all. You have so much inner turmoil lately that you have not even left your house in a week. The stressors in your life have won and now you just barely push through life every damn day.
It has been so bad that you have not even eaten anything in the last few days. You did not have the motivation or the energy to get up and make you something to eat. Your nerves were shot and you just wanted to give up on everything. The only reasons for not giving up was the simple fact that you had a lot to live for. Your friends and family would miss you and you did not want to put that stress on them. Just when you thought your thoughts could not get even more gloomy there was incessant knocking on your front door. You immediately knew who it was but you did not want to move. He would eventually give up and go away.
How wrong you were. The knocking did not stop until you rolled your eyes and went to answer that fucking door. You wanted to yell at him as soon as you saw him but then you noticed all of the things he was carrying. He had food and chocolate in one hand and in the other he carried your favorite flowers. How could you stay mad at that? The answer was you could not. You invited him in and shut the door.
“Before you yell at me let me tell you that I have noticed that you have been distant and upset for awhile. I did not want to push you so I let you have a little space. As soon as I saw it was getting worse I went to the store to get all of your favorites. I am making you your favorite meal and we can watch your favorite movie. Tonight is all about you and me trying to help you feel at least a little better. I love you and I hate seeing you like this. You are so beautiful, smart, kind, caring, and I could go on. I am here to help you in any possible way I can and I will not stop until you feel better about yourself and life.”
The tears would not stop streaming down your face at his sweet words. Before you realized what you were doing you had grabbed ahold of him and just hugged him. He held you tightly against him and let you cry. Your tears had soaked his shirt but he could not care less. This is all about you and you could not be happier in that moment. You loved this man more than anything in the world. He makes you feel better and now you do not know why you did not answer your phone.
You slowly moved back from him and let him make you dinner. After it was finished cooking you both sat down and ate together. You always loved his cooking and tonight you loved it even more. It tasted so good. After your meal was finished he hand feed you the chocolates. You tried to stop him telling him you could do it yourself but he refused to let you do it. He wanted to pamper you so you let him. It felt good being taken care of like that. It really means a lot.
You picked out your favorite movie and put it in the DVD player. As the movie played you cuddled close to Aethelred’s side. He wrapped his arms around you and held you as close to him as he possibly could. He refused to let you go until the movie was over but by that time you had fallen asleep on him. He did not want to wake you up because you looked so peaceful so he grabbed the closest blanket and pulled it over you both.
He knew that maybe right now you were not so happy but eventually you would be. He would be there with you every step of the way no matter what and he refused to give up on you. He knew you two would make it together. Nothing and no one would stop him from helping you feel the best that you possibly could.
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