The Faults in Our Souls ~ Gaster x Reader (Under editing)

Chapter 4

Getting to Know the Skele-brothers, With a Side of Nightmares

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3rd Person

It had been a couple weeks since you'd been in the lab. You had gotten to know Gaster a little better, but not much since he was always at the other lab in.. Hotlands? Yeah, that's what he called it. Whenever he left in the mornings, Jainil came to the house to take care of the kids. You didn't blame Gaster for not trusting you to be with the children alone, I mean, would you trust someone you'd just met to with your kids for a day?

The boys were always nice to you, although you didn't really see them much either. You'd guessed that Gaster had told Sans to leave you alone since you were still healing. For the two weeks that you had been there was spent mostly sleeping, you being tired and not getting enough sleep from your job on the surface. Sleeping, which was what you were doing now. Until you were woken up by something.

You woke up groggily, legs tangled in the sheets from tossing and turning all night. You tightened up your ball of sleep before looking over to the alarm clock that sat on the nightstand. 2:01 a.m. ... you groaned, and sat up slowly and tiredly. Bones popping, you stretched, and your eye caught something glowing in the corner of the room. You looked at it confused, and untangled your legs, being careful of the cast that hugged the right one. You picked up the cane that was on the ground before slowly standing up. You stalked towards the glow, eyes getting used to the darkness. When you got close enough, you heard sniffling. That's when you noticed that the glow was coming from a small, humanoid shape.

"....Sans?" The figure stiffened, sniffling ceasing, and a head poked out from their arms, showing the tear-streaked face of Sans. His tears were glowing, solving the question of the glow.

"y-y/n?" He questioned, voice wavering. You went over to him as fast as you could, getting onto your knees.

"Sans, what happened? A-are you hurt?" You asked, giving him a once over for injuries. He shakily shook his head, and started to tear up again. You looked at him with concern written on your face, and gently wrapped your arms around him. He seemed to struggle a little, outright terrified, before going limp. He started to cry again, tears dropping onto your bare arms. You frowned, and hugged him tighter, before picking him up with your arms tucked under his arms and legs in a secure hold. He didn't seem to notice it. 

 With the cane abandoned now, you made your way back to the bed. You sat down, and laid both of you in the bed where it was more comfortable. You sat up against the head board, with your legs in an open criss cross and Sans sitting in the middle, facing you. His crying had calmed down a little, but still tears in his eye sockets. He sat there, looking at the bed sheets. Your frown deepened, being extremely worried for the little skeleton.

"Sans, what happened?" You questioned softly. He looked into your eyes, tears threatening to spill over when he suddenly launched himself into your chest, hugging you.

"... i had.. a-a nightmare.."

He buried his head into your chest, shaking.

What kind of nightmare makes him this scared?

You wrapped your arms around him, holding him against you.

"..Do you wanna talk about it?" He sat still for a moment before nodding his head. You tightened your grasp before letting go so he could speak. His pin pricks were gone, and he was still slightly shaking in fear. You put a hand onto his arm as reassurance, and he took a big breath. He let it out, calming down, and started to speak.