Nightmares (OTA)

[aliceextinction]

She woke up in a start, sweat covering her body. It wasn't anything new. Not nightmares. But the content was different. Usually she dreamed of the people she couldn't save or of turning into something she couldn't control, but these dreams were different. Like they were her own. It left her feeling hot and angry and animalistic and that scared her

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[corporalolivera]

He came half awake when the door to their room closed. Carlos sat up, rubbing at his eyes, before looking around in the dark.

"Alice?"

She wasn't there and her side of the bed was still warm. Carlos was on his feet and dressed in record time, shrugging on a shoulder holster as he bolted out the door. It slammed behind him, but he didn't care. The door had closed and he'd woken up. She'd gotten up without him hearing, or someone had come in without him hearing.

He didn't stop running until he'd made it out onto the street and saw her a little ways away. "Jesus Christ." He slowed slightly, heart hammering in his chest. She had to stop scaring him like this.

[aliceextinction]

Alice reacted before she had time to think with her arm swinging around to hit whoever it was coming up behind her. She caught sight of him out of the corner of her eyes seconds before her fist made contact with his face and she stopped on a dime. "Carlos?" A beat passed before she lowered her hand. "Shit. Carlos, what are you doing?"

[corporalolivera]

He froze, skidding to a halt before her hand nearly came into contact with his jaw. "Jesus. Alice. What do you think I'm doing? I wake up in the middle of the night and you aren't there?" He sent her a look.

[aliceextinction]

Alice was still getting that whole domestic thing down. Like telling the person you're essentially living with where you were going.

"I just needed some air."