[Fanfiction] All Through the Night
Title: All Through the Night
Fandom: Gundam 00
Author: atrypical
Characters/Pairing: Lockon/Allelujah
Rating: ... PG?
Summary: Allelujah has a nightmare, and Lockon cheers him up.
Notes: The song used is a traditional Irish lullaby. Or so the internet tells me. :| Also yes this is Purgverse. :3
It's something like two in the morning (it's too dark here, he can never really quite tell) when Lockon wakes up to Allelujah tossing and turning in his sleep, murmuring something that's not quite audible but certainly can't be good. Lockon debates whether Allelujah needs sleep or comfort more before he reaches out and touches the other man on the shoulder.
"Allelujah?" He whispers, not wanting to wake him up if he's not ready to do so. Apparently he is, though, since Allelujah wakes up with a cry, shivering. 'Poor guy... probably had another nightmare.' It's still hard to see Allelujah as a man from time to time, since he's still small and young, even though he's been through a lot of crap even before they came here, and even more since. "Allelujah, it's okay... it was just a dream." Lockon wraps his arms around his lover, holding him close, reminding him that he's there.
"... Did I wake you?" Allelujah asks softly, after a long pause. "I didn't mean to..."
"It's fine." Lockon responds quickly. "I'd rather you wake me than for you to keep having a bad dream like that. You don't have to tell me about it if you don't want to." He can probably guess, anyway. Either the SSO, or Granz, or whatever they saw in the Encephelon, or something similarly messed up. Alle's got way too much trauma for someone as young as he is, but pretty much everyone in their organization back home seemed to.
Allelujah's quiet a little longer, and turns, so that he's facing Lockon, pressing his face into Lockon's chest, arms tightening around the older man, still shaking a bit. "Sorry..." He mumbles, and Lockon runs his fingers gently through the other's hair.
"It's fine. You know you don't need to apologize for that kind of stuff." He tips his chin down and kisses Allelujah on the top of his head. "Don't worry about it."
Allelujah nods, and his shaking seems to slow, before it stops completely, and his breathing becomes even, so Lockon's pretty sure he's fallen asleep. He closes his eyes, trying to fall asleep again himself, before Allelujah shifts again and Lockon sighs.
"Still can't sleep?"
"... No. ... Um. Lockon?" Allelujah sounds hesitant.
"What is it?"
"Will you... sing to me?"
Lockon pauses for a moment, and then chuckles. "... Sure. What do you want me to sing?"
Allelujah sounds relieved. "Just... anything. I just want to hear your voice..."
The older man thinks for a moment, and sighs. "All right. I'm just... not that great."
"I don't mind."
"If you're sure. ... My mother used to sing this to me and Lyle."
Allelujah nods, but doesn't say anything.
Lockon sighs, and starts singing quietly, his voice rough. "Sleep my child, and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels, God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night..."
He can feel Allelujah relax, finally slipping off to sleep. He hums the next verse to himself quietly, yawning through it.
"Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night..."
He drifts into slumber himself, arms still wrapped tightly around Allelujah.
Fandom: Gundam 00
Author: atrypical
Characters/Pairing: Lockon/Allelujah
Rating: ... PG?
Summary: Allelujah has a nightmare, and Lockon cheers him up.
Notes: The song used is a traditional Irish lullaby. Or so the internet tells me. :| Also yes this is Purgverse. :3
It's something like two in the morning (it's too dark here, he can never really quite tell) when Lockon wakes up to Allelujah tossing and turning in his sleep, murmuring something that's not quite audible but certainly can't be good. Lockon debates whether Allelujah needs sleep or comfort more before he reaches out and touches the other man on the shoulder.
"Allelujah?" He whispers, not wanting to wake him up if he's not ready to do so. Apparently he is, though, since Allelujah wakes up with a cry, shivering. 'Poor guy... probably had another nightmare.' It's still hard to see Allelujah as a man from time to time, since he's still small and young, even though he's been through a lot of crap even before they came here, and even more since. "Allelujah, it's okay... it was just a dream." Lockon wraps his arms around his lover, holding him close, reminding him that he's there.
"... Did I wake you?" Allelujah asks softly, after a long pause. "I didn't mean to..."
"It's fine." Lockon responds quickly. "I'd rather you wake me than for you to keep having a bad dream like that. You don't have to tell me about it if you don't want to." He can probably guess, anyway. Either the SSO, or Granz, or whatever they saw in the Encephelon, or something similarly messed up. Alle's got way too much trauma for someone as young as he is, but pretty much everyone in their organization back home seemed to.
Allelujah's quiet a little longer, and turns, so that he's facing Lockon, pressing his face into Lockon's chest, arms tightening around the older man, still shaking a bit. "Sorry..." He mumbles, and Lockon runs his fingers gently through the other's hair.
"It's fine. You know you don't need to apologize for that kind of stuff." He tips his chin down and kisses Allelujah on the top of his head. "Don't worry about it."
Allelujah nods, and his shaking seems to slow, before it stops completely, and his breathing becomes even, so Lockon's pretty sure he's fallen asleep. He closes his eyes, trying to fall asleep again himself, before Allelujah shifts again and Lockon sighs.
"Still can't sleep?"
"... No. ... Um. Lockon?" Allelujah sounds hesitant.
"What is it?"
"Will you... sing to me?"
Lockon pauses for a moment, and then chuckles. "... Sure. What do you want me to sing?"
Allelujah sounds relieved. "Just... anything. I just want to hear your voice..."
The older man thinks for a moment, and sighs. "All right. I'm just... not that great."
"I don't mind."
"If you're sure. ... My mother used to sing this to me and Lyle."
Allelujah nods, but doesn't say anything.
Lockon sighs, and starts singing quietly, his voice rough. "Sleep my child, and peace attend thee,
All through the night
Guardian angels, God will send thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night..."
He can feel Allelujah relax, finally slipping off to sleep. He hums the next verse to himself quietly, yawning through it.
"Angels watching, e'er around thee,
All through the night
Midnight slumber close surround thee,
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,
Hill and vale in slumber sleeping
I my loved ones' watch am keeping,
All through the night..."
He drifts into slumber himself, arms still wrapped tightly around Allelujah.