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Meryl streep

Prompt: Meryl has just moved in, (your not dating yet) and you find out she suffers from anxiety

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You and Meryl just got back from shopping

A few hours later you made dinner. "Meryl!" You call but get no answer. "mer?!" You call again from the stairs but still no answer.

"Meryl" you call again once you've gone upstairs. You knock on her bedroom but you don't get no answer. "I'm coming in!" You say and you open the door. You see Meryl sitting on the floor, her knees tucked into her chest, tear stained face, rocking back and forth and shaking. "Shh Meryl I'm here" you say and you sit Infront of her. You hold her hands but you find that she's properly zoned out.

"Meryl can you hear me?" You say loud enough to get her attention but not fully. "Breathe, in for 3 and out for 5...breathe with me" you say and hold her hand to your chest so she can follow your breathing. Once she's calmed down a bit you sit next to her on the floor. "Can I touch you?" You ask and she looks at you and nods.

You pull her into a hug and she relaxes into it. About five minutes later her breathing is back to normal. "Come on darling let's sit you in bed" you say and she nods. You help her up making sure she's okay.

She lays in bed and you go to get her a tea. "No please stay" she says. "Meryl honey I was going to get you some tea" you say. "No I want you" she says and you can see she's getting upset again. "okay I'm here, it's okay" you say and sit next to her in bed.

"I'm here" you reassure her and she clings onto your waist. You blush a bit at the way Meryl has her arm wrapped around your waist and her head on your chest. "It's okay" you reassure her and you stroke her hair. "I'm sorry you had to see that" she says. "Don't be silly, I'm always here to help you okay? Whenever your ready we can talk about it" you say and you can feel her nod.

About 5 minutes later of laying in silence she decides to speak up. "I didn't take my anxiety tablets..I'm meant to take 2 a day and I haven't been to my therapist since I've moved with you and I'm meant to text her everyday..." She says and you stroke her back.

"Why haven't you been texting her or going to see her mer?" You ask softly. "I didn't want you to think I was weak" she says and she starts crying again.

"No no no sweetie shh it's okay don't cry" you say. "Meryl listen to me, just because you attend therapy dosent make you mean any less to me okay? It shows that you have been through so much and that you are so strong" you say and she nods while sniffling. "how about you have a nice nap...I'll be here when you wake up, then we can call your therapist together hm?" You suggest and she nods. "okay" she says quietly. "I'll be right here I'm not going anywhere" you say and she drifts of to sleep in your arms.

You start to tear up for her. Such a precious soul, going through so much. Nobody deserved to have attacks and anxiety like that...it scared the shit out of you but your happy she's calmed down now and is sleeping peacefully.

You realise you left dinner in the oven. "Shit" you whisper to yourself and you try to slip out of meryls grip. After a few trys you were successful, leaving her sleeping peacefully in bed.

You go downstairs and grab a kitchen towel and you open the oven. Your greeted by smoke. You wave the towel around to make sure the fire alarm dosent go off so it won't wake Meryl up.

You open the windows and once all the smoke is gone you get out the burnt dinner. You sigh and throw it away.

What you didn't notice is Meryl coming down the stairs. "you said you wouldn't leave me" she says with sadness in her voice. "Mer I was about to come back up...I realised I left the dinner in the oven" you say. "Sorry" she says. "Why are you apologising?" You say and put your hand on her shoulder. "I'm just hard work...and I made you burn dinner" she says. "Ohh no mer don't say that, your not hard work I understand that you suffer from anxiety and I can help you through it...and for the dinner it was only something little I made up it's okay, we can order something" you say and you pull her into a hug. She hugs back. "Thank you" she says holding you tightly. "Of course mer, I'm always here for you okay? Don't you worry about being hard work" you say and pull out of the hug and hold her arms.

She nods and smiles. "Now how about a movie?" You ask and she nods. "Go choose something, you know where everything is, what would you like for dinner?" You ask. "Uhmm I'll eat whatever you want to eat.." she says. "Hmm what about pizza?" You ask and she nods and smiles.

You call the pizza place while Meryl finds a film to watch. After you sit on the couch with Meryl, leaving a bit of room between the both of you. Meryl frowns and grabs the blanket and sits down next to you and puts her head on your shoulder.

You blush and put your arm around Meryl.

The night was you both eating pizza and watching movies before you eventually drifted off to sleep.