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[mumbling_truth]

Todd was snuggled next to Neil, deep asleep. There was a frown on his face though. His dreams were troubled again. He shifted in his sleep as brief images flashed in his mind. Passages of a poem drifted, sometimes his, sometimes someone else's, and the words then twisted into discordant nonsense. Dead eyes staring back blankly. Grey places absence

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[poetperry]

Neil was well aware that his lover had been conversing with someone over the past week or so who had really had an impact on the young poet. A good impact...a bad impact...Neil wasn't quite sure he could judge one way or the other. Todd seemed, safe...physically and Venkman's words were forever echoing in Neil's head warning him away from the pitfall of being too protective, too smoothering.

It wasn't easy to keep back, watch from a distance, let Todd make his friends and explore what was perhaps a darker course of discussion then Neil was happy with but...it was Todd's choice and all Neil could do was be there in the night to hold him.

And that was what he was ready to do tonight.

Long arms reached for the shaking body from behind, pulling Todd back towards the warmth of his embrace and the soft comfort of the bed covers.

"Shhhhssss, just a dream, Beautiful Boy."

[mumbling_truth]

Todd leaned down to kiss his lover's hair, brushing some of it back from Neil's forehead.

"Me too. I'm so thankful for you. I don't really mind if it's just us." He rested his chin against Neil's head, feeling drowsy again.

[poetperry]

Neil cuddled in closer and grabbed the blankets, yanking them up over sex warmed bodies, feeling the same languid, sleepy contentment he could hear in his lover's tone.

"Mmmm, love you, Poet." He whispered, dropping a kiss on a nipple, before settling down in a manner that spoke of sleep. "No more nightmares."

[mumbling_truth]

"I love you, too, Muse." Todd softly replied as he snuggled down, so they were both comfortably settled in for sleeping
I hope not. But he didn't want trouble his lover anymore.
"No more." He agreed instead, "Good night." He gave a rather lion-like yawn as he felt himself drift off to the sleep.

Luckily for them both, the rest of the night passed peacefully.