Sebastian POV
"Sebastian," said a faraway voice as Sebastian slipped back into consciousness, and back out again. "Wake up." There was a warm hand on his shoulder, and a cold one on one of his hands.
When he opened his eyes briefly, everything was a stinging blur, and when he closed them, flashes of white and green pushed on his eyelids. His throat hurt, his muscles ached.
"- he wake up?" Sebastian heard another voice.
"-him, for a moment," another voice, one with an authoritative quality.
"Sebastian," said the first voice, more urgently this time, and suddenly he was pulled out from the dark, murky waters of a nightmare.
He sat up quickly and gasped, swallowing in mouthfuls of air and choking on them, sweat dripping from his hairline into his eyes creating a burning sensation. His throat felt like it was being sliced open by razors. He couldn't take anything in from around him apart from crazed voices.
"Sebastian," said one that brought him back to reality. "Sebastian. Are you okay? Can you hear me?"
"Yes," he gulped down another mouthful of air. He was not getting enough oxygen in and everything was blurry. The cold skin that was resting on his hand squeezed it and Sebastian looked to the source. "Ominis."
"Yes, it's me," Ominis replied, trying to rub some comfort into him from his hand. His voice was wavering. "That was the worst nightmare I've ever heard anyone have in my fucking life. Are you alright?"
Sebastian had started to calm down, he could breathe a bit better now.
"You're shaking," the other person spoke. Y/N, Sebastian realised.
He was shaking, involuntarily. His muscles were contracting with the aftermath of imagined violence, and it was painful.
"You scared us for a moment there," Professor Rowley said. Sebastian squeezed his eyes shut and tried to stop the world from spinning.
"I don't feel well," Sebastian managed to say. Professor Rowley clapped him lightly on the back and handed him a bar of something.
"Chocolate?" Y/N asked, her tone questioning. "What's that going to do?"
"Sebastian can tell you after he eats it," the Professor shrugged.
"Where's Imelda, Ominis?" Y/N asked.
"I told her to go get the Professor," Ominis replied. "She must still be looking. Sebastian," Ominis moved closer to Sebastian so that Sebastian could see the cataracts covering his pupils. His nystagmus was playing up more than usual.
"Why are you stressed?" Sebastian asked, dizzily, and Ominis almost laughed.
"You should've heard - well, you should've seen yourself," Ominis told him.
"I can feel it in my muscles," Sebastian said, and he had finally stopped shaking. He wiped the sweat off his brow. "That's kind of embarrassing." He took a small bite of the chocolate.
"Don't be ridiculous," Ominis scoffed, the worried expression had been released from his face. "You had me so worried I could've thrown up all over you."
"Thank you for not doing that," Sebastian replied, as his heartbeat slowed. Y/N pushed back the hair from his eyebrows and kissed his forehead.
"You scared me."
"I'm sorry," Sebastian replied. "Everyone looks like they've seen a ghost."
"At least the colour has come back to your face. You must be feeling better," Rowley surmised. "I'm going to leave you to it for a moment, I have to go let Professor Weasley know everything is okay. Imelda fetched me in a very panicked state. I'll be back."
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Touched
Fanfiction'To be touched by each other was to be touched by the sun and it felt warm - and to be basking in it was to be in love.' Sebastian x Y/N Ominis x Imelda Starts in 1st year then jumps to 5th year, 6th year and 7th year :)