decaying winter Perk And Other Ideas

therapeutic mindsoothe

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6 awoke again, sweating bullets, his heart beating at a painful speed.

Chell:"another one?"

6 flinched to Chells sudden voice.

6:"y-yeah... they won't leave me alone..." tears started to form.

Chell gently held 6's face,wiping his tears. "I think we should talk about these nightmares, get whatever on your chest out"

6 pulled away very slightly from her hands, but his body refused to leave her comfort completely.

Chell carefully pulled 6 into a soft embrace, calming him down a bit.

Chell:"we don't have to go over everything if it's too hard, we can do this every night until they stop"

6 began weeping, "they aren't going to stop! Every night it's the same dream of everyone dying! You...dying...I can't..." 6 was now only crying.

Chell:"shh. Easy, you already told me plenty, we know why they are happening"

6:"how..."

Chell:"bud, you... how to put this..."

6:"just...say what needs to be said"

Chell:"(sigh) it's a condition known as DPD, your brain is making all of us seem more fragile than we are, your constantly worried about us, it's gotten to a point where you can't even sleep without getting stressed about it"

6 tried to pull away from chell, but she stopped him.

Chell:"no no, that doesn't mean you can't be close to me, we just need you to know we're fine, we're always okay,  I will never be not okay, not without you knowing, you just need to relax, and understand that all of us...are fine, and we will never, be not okay without telling you"

6:"but... you shouldn't be like that in the first place"

Chell:"we all feel pain bud, it's natural, you can't stop all the pain, it hurts me to see you get shot in my place, it hurts to see you crying, I can't stop myself from protecting you too you know, I'm protecting you right now"

6:"I-"

Chell:"or when you get ill, I'm right there, holding you close, humming to you, keeping the pain away to help you rest, you need to know that we're here for you, you just need to realize how much we're doing"

6:"..."

Chell:"when you get those memories, instead of drinking sometimes you come to me, again, I'm there, letting you weep into my chest, humming again, helping you pull through, just as I'm doing right now"

Chell began humming a soft tune, adjusting 6 to be laying on her chest, allowing him to get comfortable, his desperate cling got weaker.

6 began to drift back asleep, with all of chells efforts his rest will remain undisturbed.

Chell noticed 6 had fallen back to sleep, she attempted to lay him back on his side, but his unconscious body refused to let go, Chell chuckled at this, instead holding him closer, unintentionally putting his head in a vulgar position in her chest, also somehow not noticing this.

That will be something to deal with in the morning.