[ Dream 010 ]
He has to wake her because the nightmares are too vivid; the memory is still raw and painful. She seems a little shaken when she looks up at his face, like it takes her a moment to understand. Then she sighs and laughs bitterly to herself, as though it's some kind of terrible joke neither of them understands. He doesn't have to ask what the dream was about. He knows.
"Will you be alright?" he asks gently, watching as she fidgets and no doubt contrives an answer. She looks at him again for a long time and smiles sadly before she answers him.
"Yeah. It's fine."
But she seems honest when she says it... He settles down again somewhat reluctantly, a little confused about her change of heart, and all of a sudden, she's close against him, head tucked under his chin, arms snaking around him as though she's scared if she lets go, he'll disappear.
No, that's exactly what it is.
"I'm gonna sleep close to you tonight," she says, though obviously the warning was a little too late. "Never know what kind of weird freaks there are to kidnap you around here."
Excuses. But he smiles anyway. "...of course."
===
"Will you be alright?" he asks gently, watching as she fidgets and no doubt contrives an answer. She looks at him again for a long time and smiles sadly before she answers him.
"Yeah. It's fine."
But she seems honest when she says it... He settles down again somewhat reluctantly, a little confused about her change of heart, and all of a sudden, she's close against him, head tucked under his chin, arms snaking around him as though she's scared if she lets go, he'll disappear.
No, that's exactly what it is.
"I'm gonna sleep close to you tonight," she says, though obviously the warning was a little too late. "Never know what kind of weird freaks there are to kidnap you around here."
Excuses. But he smiles anyway. "...of course."
===