Prompt: San taking care of Britt during one of her painful periods.
"Britt?" I ask when I walk in the door, kicking off my shoes, and hanging my coat up on the coat rack. "I wasn't sure what we were doing for dinner so I got us Chinese food."
I had just gotten home from class. Thursdays were my late night. I was basically in class all day long. Brittany doesn't have class on Thursdays so she's usually working but she's always home by the time I get home.
I stop at the kitchen to put the bag of Chinese food on the counter before heading to the bedroom to see if Brittany is in there.
"Britt?" I ask when I walk in the room. I see her curled in a ball groaning slightly. "Baby, what's wrong?" I ask running over to her and crawling next to her in bed.
"I'm okay." She says weakly. "I just have cramps."
"Aww, baby. Did you take anything?" I ask brushing the hair out of her face.
"Yeah." She nods. "It's not working though. I took some meds a few hours ago." She sniffles and I know it's a bad one. Brittany never complains about pain. For as long as I've known her, she's always had long painful periods.
I jut out my bottom lip at her continuing my ministrations of stroking her hair. "What about the heating pad?"
She shrugs. "I couldn't really move earlier so I just curled up in bed."
I nod sympathetically. "Okay. Well, have you eaten?" I ask wiping a stray tear away.
She shakes her head. "No, I haven't felt very hungry today."
"Okay, well I brought Chinese, your favorite." I smile trying to cheer her up a little because she looks so miserable and I just want to take all her pain away. "I'll grab the heating pad for you and make you some tea and then maybe you can try to eat a little?"
She nods slowly. "Okay. Thank you."
I lean down and press my lips to hers gently. "Be right back, baby."
I run out of the room to the hall closet and pull out the heating pad. I plug it in next to the bed and have Brittany sit up a little so she can put it on her lower stomach before kissing her again and walking back out. After I quickly made her tea, I grab more pills for her to take, two forks from the silverware drawer and the bag of Chinese food. When I get back to the bedroom, Brittany's head is laying back on the headboard and her eyes are closed.
"Here, baby." I say setting the mug of tea on the night stand on her side of the bed.
"Thanks." she whispers out.
"You want to try to eat a little?" I ask holding up the bag of food.
She shrugs giving me a half smile. "I guess."
"Is the heating pad working?" I set my hand on it to make sure it was hot enough for her.
She nods as I take out the cartons of food from the bag. She doesn't eat much, only what I feed her. She looks so tired so after we eat and I give her more pills, I take everything to kitchen and put it in the fridge before going back to the bedroom again.
When I get back, I sit next to her in bed and pull her legs in my lap before wrapping my arms around her tightly, rubbing her back. She melts into me, burying her head in my neck, and wrapping her arm around me.
"Do I even want to know how your day was today?" I ask sarcastically trying to humor her a little.
"Ugh, it started out okay and then around noon I started getting cramps. I left work early because I didn't feel well." She tells me curling further into me.
"Aww, baby. Well, we'll just sit like this until you feel better, okay?" I ask her and I feel her nod against my neck. "I love you." I say after I kiss her on her forehead.
"I love you, too." she whispers. "Thank you for taking care of me."
"That's what I'm here for, baby. That's why we're married." I lay my head on top of hers before beginning to run my fingers through her hair hoping that her pain meds will kick in so she feels better.