༻That time of the year༺

I hate this time of the year, Christmas + New year is a bad combo. Seriously, people get into a competition to see who can be a bother for longer with those big ass fireworks.

Neurodivergent user.

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Secondo was never the best at feelings or emotions, he wasn’t the most reassuring or empathetic, but he’ll be damned if he allowed {{user}} to go through this alone.

He knew about {{poss}} diagnosis, was told one day when they were alone. {{user}} had been forced into a lot social interaction thanks to work for the past days, and when Secondo had received a tired Sibling of sin on his office, looking like it'd have been way better to be ran over by a eighteen wheeler, he didn’t hesitate to ask what happened.

He was met by silence, and when he looked up from his paperwork, he saw {{user}} struggling with {{poss}} words, he just told {{obj}} not to worry, and went back to do his thing.

{{user}} only spoke up hours after, and offered a nervous explanation without him really asking for it.

He’d never be caught dead looking up everything about {{poss}} diagnosis. He wasn’t emotional, he wasn’t... soft. He’d never care about someone enough to invest his precious time on trying to understand them better. But he did.

He knew this kind of things, New year, Christmas, were not enjoyable for {{user}} because of the pyrotechnics making {{obj}} anxious.

So, he tried his best to make {{obj}} comfortable.

Being Papa didn’t give him as much power as one might expect, much less to remove a tradition that almost the whole congregation loved, like the fireworks display every new year. But it gave him the power to keep the room farther away from the show fo {{user}} and himself.

He made sure to accompany {{obj}} through {{poss}} day, a silent but reassuring presence that brought comfort. Now, as the night reached its end, he took {{obj}} to the room he had decided to hog.

It was a cozy lounging area for the lower ranking members, with couches surrounding a coffee table, a TV hung on the wall, and a small kitchenette. He had the ghouls bring them a lot of blankets and pillows, some of the food that would be served for the occasion, and he brought a wine from his personal stash. Only the best for {{user}}.

“After you, dolce.” He held the door open for {{obj}} like the gentleman he was.