Sleepless. With chloeas and dl_greenarrow

[need2speed]

Mia had agreed to try sleeping in Oliver and Chloe's room for a few nights, just to see if it would help with the nightmares.  She wasn't really fond of the idea, because she was seventeen and not five, after all.  She couldn't be running to Ollie and Chloe whenever she had a bad dream.  It was childish.

And then Slade had reared his monstrous head

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[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver lay in bed, Chloe curled up beside him. In the darkness he could hear the sound of both Mia and Chloe's breathing and he glanced over at the cot, just a few feet from where he was, then down at Chloe. He pressed a kiss to the top of her head and let his eyes drift shut.

[chloeas]

Chloe was actually relieved that Mia had agreed to the sleeping arrangements, she knew she was still shaken up about everything that happened and Chloe couldn't blame her because she, herself was too.

She glanced towards Mia one more time then tightened her arm around Oliver, with all of them in the same room, at least she knew they were all safe and would hear the second something happened, if it happened. Maybe that would help her sleep better too.

[need2speed]

In her dreams, Mia was coming home from school, an aced science test clutched proudly in her fist as she entered the watch tower. She waved the test in the direction of the security cameras in the elevator and mimed a thumbs up, just in case Chloe was watching and wanted to come celebrate with her.

When the elevator stopped, Mia waited for the doors to open. But a trickle of something dark and red seeped under the crack instead. Mia frowned and pushed the button again to open the doors. This time they parted smoothly, a rush of the red liquid coming in to wash over Mia's feet. She stepped out into the hallway.

"Ollie? Chloe?" Her feet, which were bare, made squishing sounds against the carpet and came up stained red and sticky. Mia ran to Oliver's bedroom, then the guestroom, and found no one. Finally, she went to her own bedroom door and pressed her ear against it. She could hear a faint creaking noise, like a rocking chair would make but the door wouldn't open. Frantic, she pounded on it, shouting Oliver's name...In her

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver turned over onto his side, tucking his hand beneath the pillow, frowning a little as he slept. His eyebrows furrowed a little, and he sighed softly. He didn't dream, but something felt wrong nonetheless.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver rested his head against hers. "I know," he murmured. He wished that things were easier, especially for Mia's sake. Somehow he was pretty sure that when she'd been inducted into his family, she hadn't expected a lot of the baggage that had come along with it.

[chloeas]

Chloe held on to her hand and sighed, looking at Mia worriedly "do you think you can go back to sleep?"

[need2speed]

"I don't know," Mia shrugged one shoulder and looked at the rumpled mess of blankets on the other end of the cot. "Usually I just read until I hear you guys getting up in the morning."

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver studied her for a moment, then glanced at Chloe. "Why don't we stay with you until you fall asleep again?"