Depression/ anxiety one shots

Best interest (tw sh⚠️!)

"I need you to trust me. If you can't trust me then I can't help you Yasmin." I said as she stared up at me from the bathroom floor with mascara streaming down her sorrowful face. " So you need to give me the knife baby. Right now please."

She stared back blankly, not wanting to hand it to me because then it would be real. Her secret would be officially found out and she was scared, scared of how I'd react and how I'd view her.

" Okay sweetheart, I realize this is a lot for you but I do mean it, give me the knife right now Yasmin." I said sterner than before because truthfully I was scared shitless and she wasn't seeming to respond to me.

It took her a couple of seconds to register my words but then she reached out to hand it to me and I instantly swiped it from her, putting it in my pocket because I didn't want to put it in her reach.

" Okay, that's my girl. Can I see what you did love?" I asked, trying to remain as calm as possible.

" I'm so sorry Casey, I'm so sorry." She said sobbing and she seemed to have broken out of the massively dissociative state she was in prior.

" It's alright baby, it's alright. You gotta show me now though so I can make sure I don't need to take you to the hospital okay?" I said.

" Okay." She said and moved the bath towel off her legs to show me the cuts that were scattered about her thighs.

Some were worse than others and I was concerned that they were still profusely bleeding so I took the towel and pressed it hard onto her thighs to hopefully stop it.

" It's fine really, please stop, it hurts Casey." She cried.

" I know baby and I'm so sorry, but I gotta keep pressure on these for a bit longer. Hang in there for me okay, you're doing so well." I said trying to be of some comfort to her.

I waited a few more minutes until I removed the towel to check. They had stopped bleeding for the most part to my relief, so I stood up to get the supplies I'd need from the cabinet.

" Wait where are you going?" She asked worriedly.

" I'm just grabbing some stuff to clean you up my love, don't worry." I said.

Once I got what I needed I wet a washcloth and rand it out over the sink before sitting back down across from her.

" Alright sweetie, I'm gonna clean the blood off you now okay? Tell me if it's too rough." I said and she nodded.

I softly wiped the cloth over her thighs until they were clean, and then I sprayed antiseptic on her before applying antibiotic cream to the cuts.

" I need to know what you're thinking Casey. Please, whatever it is, I promise I can take it." She said as her sobbing began to subside.

" I'm thinking that I love you Yasmin, and I'm incredibly grateful that you are okay." I said as I started to bandage her up.

" I love you too, but I know there's more. Please be totally transparent with me, I fucked up, I know that. I would understand if you were mad." She said ashamed.

I finished the bandaging and then I answered her. " I'm scared, I feel guilty for not knowing sooner that something was really wrong, but mainly I'm just thinking that I need to figure out how to help you. I am not anywhere near mad at you baby. Not at all."

" I'm sorry for putting you through this." She said and looked down at her bandaged thighs.

I lifted her chin back up and looked into her eyes. " You do not need to apologize my love. I'm here for you no matter what is happening in your life and how you are coping with it." I said.

" I wish I could explain, but I don't even really know." Yasmin said.

" That's alright. I won't make you talk about it, with me that is." I said. " You've got to talk to someone about this though sweetie. I can help you find a good therapist, or a support group, whatever you want, but I refuse to ignore you and your pain. I can't do that."

" Okay. I will. Can we talk about it more later though? I'm feeling overwhelmed." She asked.

" Of course baby. Let me just do one more thing and then we can go relax on the couch or in bed and I'll order us some food okay?" I answered.

She nodded in approval so I reached up into the drawer and took out some makeup wipes. I took one out and gently wiped the mascara from her cheeks until it was all gone. Once I finished I tossed it in the trash can and she pulled my face back up to meet hers and stared into my eyes.

"Thank you." She said and kissed me before pulling away to hold my face in her hands. " You are the most wonderful person I've ever known Casey, please never forget that."