Lil tw for some ptsd here pookies
He will have the most vivid and genuinely terrible nightmares. About people he couldn't save, or things he couldn't do. He will shoot up in cold sweats screaming, crying, it takes forever for him to calm down.
Its gotten so bad before him and MJ had to sleep in different beds because he would get scared when she woke him up and the PTSD would take over completely and he wouldn't realize it was her and like attack her.
It still happens, but not as bad. However after the event with Miguel they started happening again. He would get nightmares about Miguels daughter, Miguel, the people who grabbed him as they faded.
The worst he ever had was a reoccurring one. Every time its Gabriella, and shes bleeding. Her bodys disintegrating infront of Miguel and Peter can only watch. He can only watch his best friend go from that funny loveable guy to a literal monster while Gabriella dies. Once MJ got pregnant he started having the same dreams about their baby. Every time MJ got hurt and died or something.
Often she was thrown off something, and she died the same way Gwen stacy did. He could never save her. There were many kinds of dreams like this, and Peter barely sleeps because of it. Thats why he has such a bad caffeine addiction because he's literally terrified of sleeping. He cant do it, he cant dream. It's only nightmares.
The last time he did actually sleep was in aunt Mays arms. And it wasn't his aunt May. It was a variant in the society and he didn't really intend too, he kind of just did. But that the was the first time he had a good nap without having a horrific dream.
