Ficlet for 15minutefic- Word #76

[xmexandxyoux]

Title: Dreams again?
Characters: Pete and Patrick...Pete/Patrick?
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Vampires.
Author: Me!
Author's note: This was for 15_minute_fic. It kinda sucks, I know.
Partially based on "A little less 16 candles", I suppose. Vampires and such. I dunno.
POV: 3rd.

Word count: Just over 320.
Word is growl.
It's in *bold*.

There they were. The vampires. Patrick turned away from their snarling faces that looked like they’d just been in a serious car crash. The group of twelve vampires advanced towards Patrick, whose jaw had dropped. He tried to scream, but was only able to emit a rodent-like squeak. Their leader approached Patrick, who felt like his legs had been cemented into the concrete, and whispered something in his ear. It sent petrified shivers down Patrick’s spine, and before he could,

A. Try and escape, which would lead to his eventual Changing.

B. Try and manage to get something spoken, but the chances of him actually saying something was a slim chance, so that, too, would lead to his eventual Changing.

the head vampire leaned in to get revenge, and was intercepted by-

Patrick woke up in a cold sweat, Pete at his bedside.

"Dreams again?" He asked, concerned. Patrick wiped his forehead and shook his head, trying to get the image of the growling beast out of his head.

"How’d you know?" He asked, somehow recovering his voice. Behind Pete, there he was. William Beckett. The most dreaded beast of all. Patrick pointed frantically towards where William stood menacingly. Pete whirled around, considering that Patrick needed therapy for what he’d gone through.

As soon as he appeared, William vanished, like a ghost. The color slowly returned to Patrick’s blanched face. Pete turned back to Patrick, ready to answer his question.

"You were screaming in your sleep." Patrick sighed defeatedly, meeting Pete’s eyes.

"Again?"

"Yes, again, Patrick." Pete had been through this one too many times. He knew Patrick had been traumatized by his experience with Them, those who had encountered them usually were, but really.