Heroes, "Beyond Dreams" Niki, Micah
Fandom: Heroes
Title: Beyond Dreams
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters/Pairings: Niki Sanders, Micah Sanders, Jessica
Genre: Angst/Genfic
Spoilers: Season 1
Rated: PG
Word Count: 287
Notes: Written for the "Dreams" theme at heroes_contest.
Summary: Niki knows she's not dreaming.
Dreams - that’s what they had to be, but Niki knows she’s only fooling herself. She doesn’t want to admit it.
In the back of her mind she hears a cackle, a threat, and the sound of a satisfied sigh. She clenches her teeth and opens her eyes and dreads the morning. Will there be blood on her hands? Will she wake up in an unknown place, and will Micah wake up alone and wonder where his mother is?
Blocks of her memory are gone. She’s not sleeping - not dreaming; Niki only wishes it were that simple, that memory is that easy to transform.
Her head hurts, her thighs ache, her arms burn, and on every morning like the others, she wonders what the other one has done in her body. Has she killed anyone? Has she betrayed her husband and son again?
Niki knows there’s a monster inside her. She’s not ready to take the blame yet for creating her, so she blames her father.
Yes - it’s all his fault. If he’d been a better dad. If Jessica hadn’t died...
She cries and lurches forward from her sleep. A soft touch is shaking her shoulder. Her son looks up at her concerned, and Niki hates how messy she appears - so unlike how a strong mother should behave.
“Mom, are you okay? Did you have a bad dream?” Micah asks quietly. Immediately, Niki looks at her empty hands and slumps back in relief.
“Yeah, sweetie, but it’s okay now. It was only a nightmare,” she says reassuringly, but she’s just deluding herself again.
She may have escaped the night unscathed this time, but Niki Sanders knows that as long as Jessica controls her, this nightmare will never end.
Title: Beyond Dreams
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters/Pairings: Niki Sanders, Micah Sanders, Jessica
Genre: Angst/Genfic
Spoilers: Season 1
Rated: PG
Word Count: 287
Notes: Written for the "Dreams" theme at heroes_contest.
Summary: Niki knows she's not dreaming.
Dreams - that’s what they had to be, but Niki knows she’s only fooling herself. She doesn’t want to admit it.
In the back of her mind she hears a cackle, a threat, and the sound of a satisfied sigh. She clenches her teeth and opens her eyes and dreads the morning. Will there be blood on her hands? Will she wake up in an unknown place, and will Micah wake up alone and wonder where his mother is?
Blocks of her memory are gone. She’s not sleeping - not dreaming; Niki only wishes it were that simple, that memory is that easy to transform.
Her head hurts, her thighs ache, her arms burn, and on every morning like the others, she wonders what the other one has done in her body. Has she killed anyone? Has she betrayed her husband and son again?
Niki knows there’s a monster inside her. She’s not ready to take the blame yet for creating her, so she blames her father.
Yes - it’s all his fault. If he’d been a better dad. If Jessica hadn’t died...
She cries and lurches forward from her sleep. A soft touch is shaking her shoulder. Her son looks up at her concerned, and Niki hates how messy she appears - so unlike how a strong mother should behave.
“Mom, are you okay? Did you have a bad dream?” Micah asks quietly. Immediately, Niki looks at her empty hands and slumps back in relief.
“Yeah, sweetie, but it’s okay now. It was only a nightmare,” she says reassuringly, but she’s just deluding herself again.
She may have escaped the night unscathed this time, but Niki Sanders knows that as long as Jessica controls her, this nightmare will never end.