A Lover's Worst Nightmare

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I sat at my desk in the home office working on a few things before I needed to go in tomorrow. As I was working I could hear the front door open and close. I wanted to go greet Elliot, but I needed to get these things done. They were important for the meeting tomorrow. I only had three more slides to finish up and a few things to sign, so I knew I would be at least an hour occupied.

"Mommy." Her little voice broke the concentrated silence in the room and I immediately looked at her. It had been a good month since she was in little space. I was worried to say the least.

"Yes baby?" I questioned as she gave me a saddened expression.

"Can we cuddle?" She questioned rubbing her eye with her fist and I sighed dreading what I needed to say to her.

"I can't right now. I really need to get this done, but when I'm finished we can cuddle. Okay."

"I wanna cuddle now, mommy." She whined tiredly and I reached my hand out to her. She walked over to me and I held her hand in mine.

"I won't be long okay?"

"No, I wanna cuddle now."

"Elliot if you dare throw a tantrum I will put in timeout. Got it?" I warned and her bottom lip quivered. My eyes went wide and I stood up quickly taking her face in my hands gently. "Don't cry, baby. I just need to finish a few things up. As soon as I'm finished we'll cuddle. But right now I need to get this done. Mommy promises she'll cuddle with you when she's done. Why don't you clean up for now. Okay?"

"Can I have a kiss?"

"Sure." I kissed her on the cheek and she pouted.

"No on the lips." She poked at my bottom lip and I smiled.

"Fine. Only one. Okay?" She nodded and I gave her a simple little kiss on the lips before she smiled, hugged me and ran from the room. I sighed and turned to my computer. "Almost done. You can do this Iris." I say under my breath as I continued to work.

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"Can I tell you something?" Elliot questioned as we ate. I had made her dinner at my home, since she wanted a little privacy tonight.

"Anything." I let out setting my silverware down and giving her my undevided attention. We've been together for a good month now, and I couldn't have been happier.

"Y-you can't judge me, okay?"

"I would never. I'm very open minded." She let out a breath of relief before saying okay under her breath.

"Do you... Do you know what little space is?" She questioned and I had to think about it for a second.

"I have heard of it. Why?"

"Um... Sometimes I, hm..." She looked to the side with a concentrated expression before looking at me. "I go into little space." She said quickly and I gave her a smile.

"Thats okay. From what I've seen it is meant to be a stress reliever. I've heard these kind of people have caregivers am I correct?"

"Y-yes but... Um. I do not have one." I gave her a confused expression, but remember how she told me of her mother's illness.

"So you take care of yourself?"

"Yes." Her voice was quiet and I sighed and stood up. I took her hand as she stood up herself before pulling her into a hug she quickly accepted.

"I see nothing wrong with this. I just have one question though."

"What is it?"

"If, and its only if you want, if I were your caregiver I don't want to be worried of 'little you' trying to... Have sex with me. Cause it happens. But I feel that would just be wrong."

"Thats not a worry. I'm very affectionate, but I won't try and do anything like that."

"Then I guess the only thing stopping you is whether you are willing to let me care for you." The room fell silent for only a few moments as Elliot thought about it.

"I would like that very much yes."

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I walked into the living room and looked over at a laying Elliot. She was watching something on the tv in her pajamas. When she noticed me she was quick to get up and give me a hug.

"Hi." I said quietly. "I believe I have a promise to fulfill." I pointed and Elliot quickly took my hand and lead me to the couch. I laid down first and she laid down after nuzzling her face into my neck as I wrapped my arms around her waist.

"What happened, baby?" I questioned after a good five minutes of silence.

"N-nothing." She moved closer into me trying to hide herself and I sighed.

"It was that guy again, wasn't it?" My anger really wanted to come out at even the thought of such a perv, but I contained myself.

"No I-"

"Don't lie to me. You know how I feel when you do that. Listen if he keeps doing this you need to quit that job. The assistant job at my work is still open. You can work with me."

"But-"

"I know you've worked there for years. I know. But you need to think about yourself. What's safe for you. What if he really did something." I sat up and looked at her. "What if he actually hurt you? You need a new job. If that means I go in and quit for you, then so be it. But I don't want you to be in an environment that is uncomfortable or unsafe for you." I explained and Elliot played with the string of my hoodie, she was wearing, I knew she was listening, but didn't want to respond.

"Tomorrow. Please." I took her hand in mine and she looked at me with a forced smile. 

"Can we go to sleep? I'm tired."

"Of course. Come on." We went upstairs to our room and as I got ready for bed Elliot had already gotten into the bed, waiting for me patiently.

"You're so slow!" She whined from the bed as I finished brushing my teeth and I laughed.

"I just finished." I informed before turning the bathroom light on andd walking back to the bedroom to lay down with Elliot.

"Still slow." She mumbled and I laughed pulling her close.

"You're right my apologies. I'll try and not be so slow next time."

"Thank you." She let out a giggle and I couldn't help but smile.

Though being her caregiver used to be strange it doesn't bother me as much now. Elliot truly acts like a cuddly child and is well behaved. To say I'm shocked at how behaved, a little, she is really not necessary, but it won't stop me from saying it.