I'll take care of you

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     We arrived about five minutes after we finished the conversation in the car. Before we got out, I took a deep breathe to calm myself. I'm one of the most known mommy-doms, but I still get so insecure and worried when meeting a new sub. I shook all the bad thoughts from my head, and began heading to the door following right behind Franklin. "Oh shit," he began searching his pockets, "I forgot my fucking keys, of course." He knocked on the door and rang the door bell but no one came to our avail. "I'm sorry, its hard to hear from the kitchen sometimes. Let's just walk around the backdoor," Franklin said clearly annoyed with his boyfriend not greeting us.
     As we walked in the backdoor, I could smell food being made and smiled. It smelled like a good home cooked meal, close to what my mom makes on holidays. I walked over to the stove and saw some chicken legs being fried. Franklin has brought food Steven has made to the office before; cookies, cakes, pastas, chicken, all of which I got to try and all have been so good. "Babe? Babe!" Franklin called out, "Liv you can go sit in the living room for now, I'll be there in just a minute. Feel free to get yourself some water if needed."
     I walked into the living room and saw some toys on the ground, assuming they were Jamie's. While he walked upstairs, still calling out for Steven, I decided to take up his offer on getting myself some water. I opened the cupboard to grab a glass and found a few sippy cups, one with Franklins name on it. I smirked putting the cup back, "I knew it," My thoughts were interrupted by the smoke alarm going off, I didn't realize the chicken was burning. I turned off the stove and quickly removed the pan from the top. As I turned around to put the pan on the island, I came face to face with a boy.
     He was small, like physically thin. He was about my height, maybe an inch shorter or so. He had on a huge sweater, socks, and leggings. "O-owie! hurt!" he said in a small voice. I looked down and realized I accidentally touched him with the side of the pan, causing a burn on his arm. He looked down, he began to tear up and lip started to tremble. He grabbed the burn directly but quickly let go when he felt how much it hurt, I realized he didn't process what was happening due to his head space age at that moment. I had to jump in and make sure he didnt hurt himself anymore.
     "Oh, baby come here," I directed him towards the sink with a hand on his back, and showed him where to hold his arm underneath the water. Initially he winced at the water and fought to get away, but calmed down when I let him lay his head in my shoulder while I held his arm under the water.  A moment later Steven and Franklin walked in, "Oh no what happened?" Franklin exclaimed concerned for his friend. Steven was busy dealing with the chicken, saddened on how he burnt it, mumbling about it was ruined and he just lost the track of time. "I was trying to take the chicken off the stove, but he surprised me and I accidentally burnt him." He stayed on my shoulder the whole time I ran water over his arm. "I was just saying hi like you told me to..." he mumbled to Franklin, looking down.
     "Okay, I'm gonna take your arm out of the water and you're gonna sit up on the counter while I give you some bandages, does that sound okay?" Jamie, or at least who I assumed was Jamie, looked at me with huge doe eyes nodding. I turned off the water and patted a place for him on the island. By now Steven had finished cleaning his mess up and saw what I was doing, "Oh, Olivia I can do that for him don't worry," before i could say anything Jamie interrupted "No!, want her to fix me," he pointed on me, but winced and pulled back because it hurt his arm.
     Steven looked at him strangely, "huh," From what I deterred, he usually is clingy to his caregiver and he must be confused on Jamie's behavior. "Steven, trust me. I've got him, y'all go to the living room I'll meet you in a few minutes," I assured them with a smile, "I'll take care of him, make him allll better," I said the last part in a funny voice to make him giggle, and I succeeded. His laugh was so cute. I looked at him while I was reaching for the first-aid kit, he was looking down and kicking his feet. 'He's adorable,' I smiled and made my way over to him to begin patching him up.
     "Look at me, I need you to stay still so I can put on your bandages properly. If you're a goodboy you can get some ice cream, okay?" he looked excited that I said ice cream, he nodded happily and squeaked a "Yes ma'am" which made my heart flutter. I decided while I was wrapping him up, maybe would be a good time to introduce myself . "So, I know your name is Jamie but you don't know mine. I'm Olivia, you may call me Olivia, liv, or olive- whatever you feel comfortable with," I finished, rubbing his shoulder to reassure him. He didn't respond, but by his face I could tell he was listening.
     "Okay, hop down let's go-," I was interrupted by his very concerned voice, "N-no!," he pointed towards his bandaged arm, "kiss it better or it will never heal." He's so innocent when he gets into his head space, I hope I can make him mine one day. And again, I was getting too ahead of myself. I shook my head rid of those thoughts. I did as he said and kissed it better, "Now hop down, let's go  to the living room," I reached out a hand which he grabbed softly.
     As soon as we got in there he started playing  with his toys, a few barbies, stuffed animals that looked as if they were lined up like an audience. I sat in a recliner, watching him play contently, soon I realized Franklin was watching me. As we made eye contact he gave me a knowing look, "It's so weird he wanted you to help him. Recently he hasn't let anyone but me touch him," I raised my eyebrows in surprise, "Yes really, not even Franklin." Secretly, knowing he has already taken a liking to me, made me feel confident in trying this.
     "Look! wanna play with me?" Jamie was holding out one of his barbies to me, "Would I? absolutely, let's play." He giggled and clapped excitedly. He started to explain the characters and everything, and i listened closely. "...and this is Tessa, she's married to Amy! They're also best friends forever and the queens of toyland." I smiled at how happy he looked, he had progressed into an older head space now, so our conversations were a little better.
     Steven and Franklin went upstairs to give us some alone time, but to be honest I think they needed some alone time. In the midst of playing with Jamie I lost track of time and it was about 8:30. "Oh no," Jamie heard this and came over and asked what was wrong. " well, I think I'm gonna have to end our play date buddy. It's getting late and I gotta get home," he looked dissatisfied and upset. "oh okay," he said quietly with a hidden frown, cleaning his toys up.  I thought for a moment, I never even gave him his ice cream.
     I stopped him from cleaning toys and he looked at me funny, "actually one more thing, follow me," I said, again reaching out another hand for him to grab. He accepted it and followed along curiously. "I forgot to give you your ice cream from earlier," his face lit up and he squealed, "Thank you so much!" He then hugged me tight, I wrapped my arms back around him and gave him a kiss on the top of his head. I directed him to sit at the island, "So what's your favorite flavor?" In my head, I was taking note of all the foods,drink, toys, etc. he enjoyed so I could know for future reference. "umm, I think cookies and cream," I gasped to be dramatic, "oh my goodness, me too!"
     After our ice cream party, he became visibly tired. I helped him clean all the toys up, as well as checked on his burn one more time. I had been staying in contact with Franklin all night by texting, when I had an idea.

Franklin: so how is he behaving?
Olivia: like an angel, we've really hit it off frank!
Franklin: that's so amazing, let me know when you're leaving so I can put him to sleep :) xo
Olivia: actually I had an idea, can I take him for tonight and have a day with him tomorrow?
Franklin: absolutely, make sure he wants it to. His things are in his room, first door on the right upstairs. Please note the sock on me and Stevens door ;)

     I shook my head, just like himself what did I expect. Jamie finished his toy cleaning and was looking around for other things to do, "Hey Jamie, I have a question for you," he came closer and sat next to me on the couch. "Would you like to have a sleep over? And then spend the day with eachother tomorrow?" He said yes and started to get extremely excited, he jumped up and was already halfway to the stairs before I caught up to him. I allowed him to do most of the packing, with supervision, to make sure he had everything. He didn't have many 'little' items because he was new to this, but I did see a pacifier and sippy cup.
     I sent a text to Franklin to let him know we were leaving, but right before we walked out the door Jamie gasped, "Oh no, I forgot socks!" He quickly ran upstairs, then when he returned he had a stuffed bunny, who's ears seems to be made out of old patterned socks. "This is my favorite stuffy, I love him! Socks meet mo- Olive, Olive meet socks," he held out its little hand for me to shake, which I shook and greeted socks. Did I hear that right, did he stumble and almost call me mommy?
     "Okay, let's go now Jamie," I grabbed his hand and walked him to the car, i placed his bag in the trunk then buckled Jamie in the backseat. I started some Disney music and listened to him sing along quietly in the back. About 20 minutes later, we were home. I turned around to check on him and he was fast asleep. Since he's small, I easily lifted him up to carry to my room. As I walked in, my maid Mable, was at the door in her night clothes. "I'm so sorry I know it's late, but could you please go out and grab the bag in my trunk for him? Go and place it in my room." I tried to say quietly as to not wake him up. She nodded and headed out the door.
     As we got to my room I gently laid him on the bed, I realized he had his day clothes on still. So I changed him, being respectful of his private parts. I tucked him into my bed, then left a note on the night stand that read:
    I will be in the guest room if you need me. Its right across the hall, I'll leave the door cracked for you. Sweet dreams xoxo - Olivia
     I tucked him and socks in and gave him a kiss on the head. On my way out I plugged his phone in, though he doesn't it use much when he's in sub space. Also, I plugged in a nightlight shaped like a flower and turned down the lights. I looked at him and whispered a quiet "goodnight" as I closed the door.
     I was very thoughtful after today. I have high hopes for Jamie, he's sweet and kind. Caring in some ways, selfish in others, but who isn't? In some ways he reminds so much of Charlie, I wondered if Charlie was watching over me and if he supports what I'm doing. I concluded I like to think he was happy for me at least. I fell asleep thinking of Jamie, his overall innocence in sub space and how I saw he wanted a caregiver. More than a caregiver, a partner, a real relationship. I decided I would have a talk with him when he was out of his headspace, he would handle it better. I smiled, and wished Jamie one last goodnight in my head.