Caged (Nightmare X OC)

Book Worms

Over the course of the next few weeks, Nightmare's sockets stopped dripping the corruption goop. He was finally fully purified. Sidney found that he loved reading with her and he was rather hesitant when it came to showing affection unless she initiated it. "Night, we are husband and wife, if you want to kiss me, go ahead, if you want to hug me, go ahead, any contact is fine, bookworm~" He quirked a bone brow as he peeked over his book. "you are a bookworm too." She grinned. "I know! But you can never seem to put it down until it's done. Even now your clinging to 'Call of the Wild' like it's a lifeline." She teased. "it is a good book." Nightmare defended. "That it is!" She agreed laughing. She put down a pizza, which caught Nightmare's attention once more as he marked the page and set the book down for once. "what is this?" She gasped dramatically. "For shame, Nightmare, for not knowing what pizza is! This handcrafted circle of the heavens is the lifeblood of foods, invented in the beautiful Naples, Italy by by the pizza God, Raffaele Esposito!" Sidney exclaimed as if it were common knowledge. Nightmare shrugged. "ok then... let's dig in."

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The couple had quite enjoyed the pizza, and Nightmare had learned something new. It was a win, win. After finishing "Call of the Wild", he found a book about the dish and found most of Sidney's facts to be true. Although Raffaele Esposito was credited with its creation, there'd been unknown vendors before him that sold something similar, if not the exact same. "Are you seriously reading up on pizza now?" Sidney asked, unsure if she should be surprised or not. "yep. i was curious. how do you know so much about pizza anyway if you hadn't?" He asked, glancing curiously in her direction. She giggled. "A magical thing called the internet." Nightmare deadpanned. "i know what internet is, you know." She laughed. "I-I'm sorry! That was funny." She was laughing so hard her shoulders were shaking. He rolled his eyelights good-naturedly. "your a dork."
"I know~" She purred. He blushed. "never stop being cute.." He mumbled to himself as he turned his focus back to the book. "Sidney chose out her book and sat down beside him remarking, "I could say the same to you, Night."

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At some point, they started reading together again, this time it was "White Fang" since Nightmare seemed to be sticking to Jack London novels. Sidney was curled into his lap while they read the story, enjoying each other's company. "Nightmare? Should we start sleeping in the same bed like couples do?" She asked suddenly, catching the king off guard. "i... do you want too?" She shrugged. "I was just curious, since we are married and stuff. Should we be acting as a married couple, or keep going slow as we have been?" Once more, Nightmare marked the book and put it down, hugging Sidney from behind. "the way i see it, we can go as fast as you want. if you want to take the next step, we will take it. together." She smiled, blushing heavily. "That was beautiful. You're beautiful, you know that?" He blushed himself. She kissed his teeth. "You can sleep in my bed, if you want."
"or you can sleep in mine." He hummed. She kissed him again and he kissed back. "shall we finish before bed?" Sidney nodded. "Yep." So "White Fang" was opened once more.