Samuel
I lower her into the water, her body sinking into the tub, the warmth of water spreading to her skin. A quiet groan of approval leaves her lips, her eyes shutting close as the water comforts her body, loosening her strained muscles.
Her eyes open and settle on me, her eyebrows crunching as she opens her mouth to speak.
" Aren't you going to join me? "
The days when I had run a bath for her when she couldn't do it herself, she had never asked me of this. She allowed me to take care of her, allowed me to touch her, of course after some resistance, but never asked me to join her. And now does she ask of it, a strange sense of warmth spreads through my chest.
I could have joined her, but I remind myself that I need to take care of her, and not do something I would regret later.
