Room 317 [way, way late at night]

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke had been tossing restlessly in bed, haunted by his own nightmares of Death Stars and things that might have gone wrong, when the emotions resonating from his father's nightmare jolted him upright in bed gasping and trembling

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[auroryborealis]

Rory blinked out of a very nice dream of her own - there had been pie involved - and mumbled, "Whazzat?"

She nudged Vladdie out of the way, and staggered sleepily to the door.

"...Luke?" she asked, blinking a little. "Everything okay?"

[tatooine_doofus]

In the harsh light of the hallway, Luke was feeling pretty stupid.

He wriggled his bare feet on the carpet and blushed.

"I had a nightmare," he said, "but I'm not seven. I don't even know what I doing here."

[auroryborealis]

She opened the door a little more so he could come in. "It's okay. Want to talk about it?"

[tatooine_doofus]

"Not really," he admitted, "but there's a lot about what I saw that would be hard to explain to Z. I didn't want to disturb her sleep."

He bit his lip. "But I woke you up. I'm sorry."

[auroryborealis]

"Luke, it's fine," she sighed. "Want some coffee or warm milk or something?"

[tatooine_doofus]

"Milk would be good," he said with a shaky smile. "My nightmare was bad, but my father's...." he shook his head as he walked into the room, "it woke me up."

[auroryborealis]

Rory got the milk out, and paused. "Your father's? You...felt it?"

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke nodded. "Just for a moment, but anything that was bad enough to break down the walls he has up around his emotions...not good."

[auroryborealis]

"Do you think he's okay?" Rory asked, fully alert and very worried.

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke perched on the bed and wrapped his arms around his knees. "Do you think he'd admit to it if he weren't?" he countered softly.

[auroryborealis]

"We have evidence," she said. "He's all alone, and...."

She trailed off, handing Luke his milk. "And I can deal with him in a second. What else can I do for you?"

[tatooine_doofus]

"This is good," Luke said gratefully. "I just felt like I was the only person in the universe, except for my father, and he was more scared than I was."

[auroryborealis]

Rory just leaned over and gave him a careful hug.

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke put the milk down temporarily to cling more tightly.

"In my dream...he didn't stop anything," he whispered.

[auroryborealis]

Rory made a little noncommittal noise. "I've dreamt that."

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke shivered. "I thought I was being electrocuted again."