I pull him closer feeling him wince as the house seemed to shake.

He curled himself into a ball and turned to face me.

"Hey what's wrong?"

He shook his head.

"I can see it in your eyes. The panic. What's gotten you so scared?"

He dodged my eye contact.

There was a strike of lightning and thunder.

He jumped into my arms and clung onto my t-shirt.

"Oh the storms?"

He nodded and whimpered obviously holding back tears.

"It's okay I've got you."

~emo