You had a nightmare, and it was getting harder with each moment that passed by to sleep.
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Every time you closed your eyes, it would be there, almost like you were dreaming it all over again, eyes flickering open to lie in complete darkness, nothing but a hint of light coming in from the hallway.
"J?" You called out for him, engulfed by a loneliness you hadn't felt in quite some time.
"What sweetheart?" He muttered the words under his breath, eyes still closed, having only made it home a few hours before, past midnight.
"I can't sleep" You whispered. "I had a nightmare..."
An irritated sigh leaving his mouth, he opened his eyes to see the wall, his back turned to you.
"Come" He told you lowly, reaching behind for you.
Taking his hand without hesitation, you got out of the sheets in the darkness, stepping over to the other side of him where he lifted the sheets for you and you settled underneath them, his arm falling around your shoulder from behind and bringing you into him.
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"It's just a dream, hm?" He kissed your forehead roughly, his voice low and raspy from the lack of sleep, so comforting to you that you almost instantly felt lighter. "No one's gonna hurt you baby"
Turning in his arms to face him, you buried your head into his bare chest, the warmth of him like a blanket, the feeling of his hard, muscled body pressing against yours made it feel like the nightmare didn't really matter anymore and the pure fear it instilled into you, silly to get so scared in the first place.
