One Night and Forever

Can You Feel That?

*You're sound asleep when all of a sudden you hear screaming. You realise it could only be Eddie so you rush out of bed and run down the corridor. You run into something hard and their arms start to roam you*

"Oh i'm sorry!" You exclaim as you realise you've crashed into Eddie. You take a step back to look at him. This was worse than his first nightmare you could tell

"Oh my god are you okay?!!" He cries outs. Hearing your voice sound so worried for him makes him feel slightly bad he woke you up. But then he realises you are in the corridor and not your room. Which means you were going to check on him. His heart skips a beat but he still feels uneasy. What he saw was the worst thing he's ever witnessed

"Yea i'm fine!" You reassure him. He needs that. You don't take your eyes off him. You don't know what he's going to do or what he is thinking

*Eddies eyes are frantic and terrified and his breathing is heavy and fast paced. You decide you need to change the tone of your voice to help calm him down. With you and him practically yelling and crying at each other won't help anyone*

"Are you okay?" you ask softly. You've never heard your voice so soft and gentle before. It surprises you

*Eddie doesn't answer you he just starts to run his hands down your neck and feels your jawline. They are very gentle touches and rubs making sure you were alright. You didn't think his hands would have such a tender touch and yet they did. You're confused but you don't stop him*

"What are you- " you start to ask him but je cuts you off.

"Shhh i'm checking to see if you're hurt" he murmurs. You feel electric wherever he touches you, your heart begins to race at how close he is. It didn't matter that it was the most tender and gentle touch, wherever his hands roamed your body loved every bit of it. And you didn't want to admit it but you craved more of his touch

His hands run down your arms and he feels around your waist and stomach. Your shirt lifted slightly as he moved his hands and you felt his skin on yours. It was different to when he was running up and down your arms. Your stomach and waist were places you didn't really want to be touched. But you felt different when Eddie did it. Because that was an accident but you felt safe. You watch as his eyes are darting all around you. Observing all of you, taking you all in. His eyes we're taking mental pictures of you so still and just letting him make sure you were okay. Not once did you slap his hand away, not once did you flinch at his touch

"We just crashed into each other. I'm not gonna be injured" you try to reason with him. You have no idea what he was screaming about and you have no idea why he had to check you over like he was a first aide officer

"It felt so real......." he finally breathes out. He was finished checking you over and making sure you weren't injured or hurt in any way. He realises how silly he must look to you. A grown man so paranoid over a dream

"The dream?" You use your soft voice again. It seemed to have worked. As you see his breathing calms downs, his eyes have stopped darting in every which way

"Hmm" he just murmurs and kids his head slightly. He shuffles his feet in embarrassment

"Do you want to talk about it?" you politely ask. If he doesn't tell you, you wouldn't blame him but if he doesn't tell you then it makes it hard to help him. Help him understand that it was just a dream

*he nods silently not taking his eyes off you*

*You take his hand and lead him to the living room and sit him on the couch. You sit right next to him. Your bodies so close together but you didn't care anymore. You just wanted to make sure that he was okay. And that he was going to be okay when you both went to bed. When you loosen your grip on his hand he leans his head on your shoulder. You can feel him shaking. You edge closer to him feeling that magnetic pull. You wrap an arm around his waist and hold on to him tight. You run your thumb up and down trying to calm him down. He then unexpectedly wraps both his arms around your waist and he's still shaking. You then feel hot tears on your skin and you realise he's crying. You don't mention it and you don't shake him off*