Undertale & Deltarune Oneshots

☆Protect And Care- Dream & Nightmare

Plot: Nightmare gets beat up and bullied by some of the local villagers until Dream comes and protects him, leading to Dream caring for Nightmare for the rest of the day

[Set before the golden apple incident]

Requested By: Echo51311

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Nightmare sits under his favorite tree, his face shoved in a book like usual. The day was going great so far, and the area was quiet and peaceful, the perfect conditions for reading while he waited for Dream to get back from whatever he was doing today. Dream told Nightmare to wait here and that he would be back later. Initially Nightmare thought that the villagers would avoid him like usual, but unfortunately that was not the case today.

A small group of villagers walked over to him with looks of disgust that quickly changed into sinister grins. The tallest one of the group, who seemed to be the ring leader, stepped forward and leaned over Nightmare to seem menacing. Normally Nightmare would ignore them, expecting it to be like any other day where they would only spew insults at him but today was different. The leader ripped the book from Nightmare's hands, tossing it far away from the tree.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!" She yelled, causing Nightmare's breathing to pick up. He didn't realize that he had tuned out whatever the villager said. The leader looked back at her two tall goons and motioned them over in Nightmare's direction.

They picked him up off of the ground and harshly shoved him against the tree, holding him there off of the ground. Their grip was tight, and Nightmare was scared that they were going to break his arms. The leader chuckled as she watched the scene unfold.

"Pathetic. Nowhere near as capable as your brother. Speaking of which, where is he? Aren't you normally stuck up his ass like a weak, scared little child?" Nightmare didn't respond, hanging his head to look down at the ground. The villager walked over to him and harshly grabbed his chin, forcing him to look up at her. "Is that what you are, Nightmare? A weak, scare little child? Shouldn't it be us trembling in fear of you?"

Nightmare pulled his face from her grasp, instantly regretting it when her sinister grin faded and morphed into one of pure anger. She punched him in the ribcage, causing him to cry out in pain. He didn't feel anything break, but it was probably about to if she hit him again. She brought her leg up to his, placing her foot upon his leg and pushing it hard against the tree.  Nightmare was convinced that they were going to break all of his limbs as he heard them begin to crack until a blue arrow landed just above all of their heads.

They all looked over in the direction of where the arrow came from, seeing Dream standing their with his bow in his hand. The three villagers felt their hearts stop for a moment when Dream stepped closer, anger in his eyes.

"What do you think you're doing to my brother?" Dream asked, his voice low yet menacing. They didn't respond, instead dropping Nightmare to the ground and rushing off back to wherever they came from. Dream instantly dropped his bow and ran over to his brother, sitting him up so his back was leaning against the tree. He was hurt badly, purple tears streaming down his cheekbones. "Oh Nightmare, what did they do to you?"

"I...I don't wanna talk about it," Nightmare said, lifting one of his sore arms to wipe his tears away.

"That's okay, but I need to get you home. Can you walk?" Dream asked, watching as Nightmare struggled to stand only to drop back onto the ground. Nightmare shook his head, almost ashamed in himself that he couldn't do it and hard to rely on Dream more.

"I'll carry you then, okay?" Dream said, about to pick Nightmare up until he stopped him.

"C-could you get my book first? She threw it over there," Nightmare asked before pointing in the direction that she threw it in.