Same headcannon, he is passive but can go corrupt if necessary.
Let me shield you
Your eyes fell upon the prince of negativity, as he was known.
He used to be a leader, ruling with an iron fist... but, you were brave enough to approach him. And you got to know him, eventually having him be a friend. Despite him claiming otherwise in public.
Your thoughts wandered for quite a while as you subconsciously walked closer slowly. But, you were dragged away by someone you didn't know, hearing them exclaim something...
"Don't! You could get hurt!"
You knew they meant well, but couldn't help but tear yourself from their grasp, continuing to walk to your friend. Sitting across from him outside the quiet cafè, you saw him smile at you, looking up from his book.
"Hi, (Y/n)... nice to see you...."
"Hey Night! Good to see you too...." you smiled.
"So, how have you been?"
After a few hours of venting your frustrations, something Nightmare had grown well accustomed to, you sighed, leaning back slightly, so used to having a wall behind you since normally you sat inside the cafè.
The next thing you felt was something grab you and pull you, before being held in a cold, chilling embrace. But it was oddly comforting. Heavy breathing filled your ears along with your heartbeat, and the sound of a soul pushing magic through veins.
Nightmare held you tightly, but not too tight to hurt you. His corrupted form had taken over so he could save you, and he would be lying if he said he liked doing it. But, if it was to save you, he would.
He had seen you almost fall from your chair... he had to do something before you hurt yourself. What if he hadn't gotten to you in time?!
He then felt you hold onto him after 5 whole minutes of just standing there, and he felt you begin shaking. It only made him hold you tighter. Nothing was going to hurt you again, not on his watch.
Despite this, he felt your fear continue to get stronger. After moments of panicking on what to do, he saw his tentacles, and gained the only idea he had to fix this.
Still holding you, he used his tentacles to straighten up the table and chairs, plus the setting of the table. When done, he retracted his tentacles, going back to his passive form, and sighed.
"Oh my god....... (Y/n)..... hey...... you're alright......." he whispered.
But, only then did he hear the villagers. Yelling and panicking, terrified of.... him.... He hadn't even felt their fear before then. He had only focused on you...
Seconds felt like hours when Nightmare finally felt objects hitting him. Similar to all the times before he turned. It was like they wanted to provoke him...
You were still in shock from what happened, but slowly heard Nightmare growl, and hold you tighter... a bit too tight. You gasped a little, causing him to loosen his grip a bit.
"Sorry, just.... th-.... this hurts......." he mumbled.
Confused, you looked over his shoulder, only to see rocks be thrown at Nightmare. You felt anger boil in you, and you flipped Nightmare around, putting him on the ground below you as you took the hits.
"(Y/n)?! What are you doing?!" Nightmare felt only worry and fear for you in that moment.
You smiled warmly at him, "Please.... let me shield you from this.... it's not right....."
You saw his eyes water, and he began crying, seeing you beginning to bleed from the sharp rocks.
After only a minute that felt like 2 hours, Dream raced over, his eyes glowing with anger as he jumped in front of the both of you, causing the rocks to stop.
Relieved, you let yourself lay down against Nightmare, your arms and back bleeding quite a bit. But you were more tired than anything.
Nightmare flinched, getting a lot more scared than he probably should be. He held onto you, crying quietly. Dream turned to him sadly, kneeling down and seeing you.
"Brother.... I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner.... Ink stranded us on an island and... I didn't have any magic, neither did Blue....." Dream sighed, a soft growl leaving him at the recollection.
(Based on a text story by Error the Glitch on YouTube, I may make an x reader adaptation {obviously with changes-} if you want me to- video below.)
"Wait, how?-"
"Long story..." Dream smiled. "Come on. Let's get you two to the castle...... it's safest there...."
"I'll carry her..." Nightmare said almost immediately.
Dream smirked, and the first words that left him were "You so have a crush..."
Night blushed, shaking his head. "I do not! Let's just go!" He picked you up, and walked slowly to not hurt you.
You were slowly falling asleep to the walk, moving slightly closer to an already blushing Noot. He blushed harder at you snuggling into him.
Dream, the entire way, just had this dumb smirk. Nightmare thought it was both funny and aggravating at the same time.
Once at the castle, Nightmare took you to the infirmary, placing you on the bed, causing you to wake up.
"N-... Nightmare.......?.."
"Shhh......" Nightmare whispered, placing his hand on your forehead. "Go back to sleep, little moon.... it's okay......"
You closed your eyes again, falling asleep.
Nightmare just sat there for a while, before....
"Wait..... WHY DID I CALL HER THAT?!?!?!?!"
And he was blushing the rest of the time you were asleep, unbeknownst to him that Dream had recorded the whole thing.
Done! Short, sweet, simple, done in an hour or so- XD
Hope you enjoyed, this is not a request, just something cause Nootmare has been in my head a lot lately.
Later everyone! ^w^

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Sans x Reader Oneshots (New)
FanfictionArt doesn't belong to me. (I know it is storyspin Toriel please don't get me wrong I love Toriel too but this is a SANS oneshots ok bye) So, after my last oneshots book of Sans x Reader, I decided to start anew. If you have any requests, let me know...