Pain Shared is Split by Half [Active]

[shout_geronimo]

Character(s): Yuna and the Eleventh Doctor.
Content: After a rough night, Yuna and the Doctor have a heart-to-heart chat.
Setting: Iriela Apartments
Time: Late night, Week 36
Warnings: Descriptions of nightmares?

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[sumofallfayth]

Yuna's dreams hadn't been any more comforting than her guest, though she wasn't currently aware of such. She woke up from a troubled sleep, tears in her eyes. For a few minutes, all she could do was cling to the sheets, turned away from Tidus, and hope that he hadn't heard her. The last thing he needed was to worry about her.

Still... all she could think about was how much she had gone through, and how much it had hurt to be the one to destroy her aeons, her dearest friends, not once but twice. A hollow feeling settled in the pit of Yuna's stomach and she finally slid silently out of bed. Making her way into the kitchen, she started a mug of tea, pulling her robe tighter around her for comfort.

So much had happened in the last three years. Sometimes, she could barely believe it. And that nightmare... It had felt so real, as though if she'd tried to reach out, she could have touched her old friends. Auron... Her aeons. Feeling the tears sliding down her cheeks, Yuna squeezed her eyes shut and tried to forget what she'd seen.

[shout_geronimo]

He'd pretended to be asleep when he heard the sound of Yuna's soft footsteps headed towards the kitchen, but after a few minutes he gathered up his courage and followed her to the kitchen, leaving the couch he'd been sleeping on a slight mess. Whatever, she wouldn't mind - and besides, he planned on trying to sleep again. Eventually. Maybe. Maybe he'd have to re-learn how to breathe again, first.

He barely padded into the kitchen, bare feet making no noise on the floor, when he noticed that Yuna was having a hard time as well. Blinking his own eyes a bit to hurry away the last traces of his own tears, he gently laid a hand on her shoulder. "Yuna," he told her, his tone gentle and sad, "you've been crying."

[sumofallfayth]

When she'd heard the sounds of someone else awake in the apartment, she'd tried to hide her feelings, but hadn't succeeded. Two years of living in the spotlight, of not having to smile every time she felt sad, had taken her strength from her. In some ways. Things were different, especially here in Paixao. How long had she even been here...?

She turned her head and wiped at her eyes as the Doctor entered the room. His hand on her shoulder nearly made it all come alive again. She could just see-

"It's nothing. It was just a nightmare."

A very real nightmare.

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For a moment, the Doctor remained silent. He'd just come from a nightmare himself; what could he say to that? It was never just a nightmare; his own were inevitably comprised of memories, or else the fear of what he might one day become. But now was not the sort of time to be concerned about his own thoughts and feelings; Yuna was hurt, and needed comfort.

Carefully, the Time Lord stepped closer to her, his eyes filled with sorrow and understanding. "You, too?" he managed, smiling weakly.

[sumofallfayth]

In that moment, Yuna realized she couldn't lie to him. Somehow, he, like so many others, could see right through her and the tears started tickling her eyes again. She didn't want to think about what she'd once done, what she'd had to do in order to save Spira once and for all. It hurt too much. But the nightmares made it all real again, reminded her of all she stood to lose again, even here.

So she just tried to smile through her tears and nodded once. "I guess I'm not the only one. These were... more real than I thought they could be."