summary: autumns reaction to prom night, winter comforts her
⚠️TW SELFHARM ⚠️
wordcount: 710 words
part of the story inspired by @Xylenexx523
the car ride home was silent. as winter looked at autumn he could see that she wanted to cry but was holding it in. he then put his hand on her bobbing thigh.
as they pulled into the drive way autumn quickly got out and walked into the house taking her shoes off and to the bedroom where she locked the door.
"my love do you want to talk?"
"no thank you" she mumbled
"okay tell me when your ready to talk."
as she heard winter walk down the stairs she went to the bathroom and got a small box hidden behind some bottles and grabbed it opened it and took out a small blade. as she slowly brung the blade to her skin she cut and cut and cut till all she could feel was numbness. she slowly looked at her thighs and realised what she had done. she quickly put some joggers on before coming out so winter wouldn't be suspicious
as she limped down the stairs winter looked and saw her limping, her hair down and her makeup smudged down her face.
"come here my sweet."
he pulled autumn in for a big hug. it was silent for a while before he felt it. she was crying. what started as small sniffles turned into heavy sobs. he had never seen her so upset.
"I don't know how to feel. i feel so bad for avoiding reece when it wasn't him. but i also feel so betrayed that all of this was set up by my father. but i also feel so confused as to why mia would do this. oh god I don't know. autumn said then covering her face with her hands. trying to stop her tears
"this was not your fault. don't blame yourself." winter said as he put his hands and rubbed her thigh. the cuts were fresh and the cotton mixing with the cuts was not a good feeling. making wince and pull a face making winter realise what she had done.
"my love can I see your thighs please?" winter asked with a concerning look.
this made autumn panic as she didn't want winter to leave him and she never told anyone about her unhealthy coping mechanisms.
"uh no I mean like if you want but like no uh why?"
she ended up taking winter to the bathroom to show him as he wouldn't stop until he saw she showed him the fresh red cuts mixed with bits of cotton. she couldn't look at him in the eyes as she was so embarrassed. she had never let anybody know about this. she eventually looked him in the eyes and said
"im sorry. just don't leave me. please."
"my love I could never leave you. now lets clean this up."
as he slowly and gently plucked the bits of cotton and put on some cream she winced as it probably stung
"this will hurt okay." he reached out his hand with one hand while putting the cream on her cuts with another. she squeezed his hand as the cream stung. as he put plasters on her cuts she said
"thank you i wouldn't be here without you. literally." she smiled and let out a chuckle.
"don't say that. you are so worth it and deserve to live."
she smiled and gave him a kiss before he carried her downstairs. making her chuckle. they sat and cuddled on the sofa as they ordered some chinese takeaway. when it arrived they sat there eating there noodles and talking about ways to cope in a healthy way.
she suddenly put her head on winters shoulder and said "i though you were going to leave me" she said as tears swelled in her eyes.
"I could never my love" winter said while putting there tubs in the bin. they got ready for bed as winter lied down in bed and started to sleep her went over to cuddle autumn when he saw her lying in bed staring into the ceiling.
"my love what's wrong?" winter said
"I've just got lots on my mind. you go to sleep. you have work tomorrow."
as he grabbed autumn and played with her hair soothing her as her eyelids started to close. they fell asleep in eachothers arms.
