Sensory issues are nothing new to you. Sometimes they get the best of you. One of these times is today.

You hate the feeling of your own skin, the noise of the air conditioning is just piercing your ears. You lay curled in a ball on the bed, hating the feeling of the sheets.

You feel weight shift on the bed as he sits next to you

“Can I touch you, sweetheart?” He asks calmly. He wants to do is comfort you

Those words are just enough to make me relax slightly. I nod