Julien Baker One-Shots

Bad Dream

Friday night had finally come, meaning you could stay up late and binge watch your favorite show. Julien had cooked dinner for the two of you and you were both chilling on the couch. She was scrolling through her phone as you watched the tv. Your head was in her lap with your legs sprawled out of the couch.

Julien looked like she could fall asleep any minute. She kept yawning and was struggling to keep her eyes open.

You glanced up at her.

"Tired babe?" You asked.

She glanced down from her phone and gave you a sleepy smile.

"A bit."

You sat up and wrapped your arms around her, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"You can go to bed. I'll be in soon." You said.

She nodded and you moved to allow her to stand. She reached her arms above her head, stretching before turning back to you. She leaned down and gave you a sweet and gentle kiss before ruffling your hair.

"Don't stay up too late."

"I won't mom."

She rolled her eyes playfully before heading off to the bedroom.

You glanced at the clock to see it was almost 10pm.

'I'll go to bed at 11:30' you thought to yourself.

But 11:30 turned into 3am. You had mindlessly been watching criminal minds for the past five hours. Exhaustion had finally hit you and you rubbed your eyes yawning.

'Well, I should probably head to bed' you thought.

After turning off the tv and folding the blanket that you wrapped yourself in, you made your way to the bedroom. The room was dark, and Julien was sound asleep, snoring softly. You crawled into bed carefully, trying not to wake her before turning on your side. You fell asleep almost immediately.

Usually you slept through the night, but tonight wasn't the case.

In your dream, you woke up alone in bed. You patted the spot next to you where Julien usually slept, but she wasn't there. There was suddenly a stranger in your room, a dark figure that moved closer and closer to you. It was so dark that you couldn't make out the object that was in their hand.

Your body jerked up and you sat up fast, letting out a gasp. Your sudden movement and noise caused Julien to sit up in confusion. She rubbed her eyes, trying to adjust to the dark.

"Y/N?" Her voice was laced with concern.

The dream kept playing over and over in your head. You felt lost in your own thoughts.

Julien realized that you must have had a bad dream, because you felt her move your body to cuddle into her. You wrapped your arms around her, burying your face in her chest.

She rubbed your back soothingly. Keeping you close.

"You're safe my love. I'm right here."

Her words caused you to tear up a bit, clinging to her more.

She played with your hair softly.

"It was just a bad dream." She said softly.

"Y-you were g-gone."

"Shh, it's alright. You're here with me. I'm not going anywhere. Just breathe my love."

You slowly started to feel safe again, relaxing in her arms. She kept you close as you drifted off again, waiting until you fell asleep before she closed her eyes and drifted off as well.

When you both woke up a few hours later, she lectured you that you shouldn't watch criminal minds before bed.