Light in the darkness

5: light

Albus woke with a start, tears stained his eyes as the screaming within his head stopped (Scorpius' torture). 'Albus, you ok' Scorpius asked his voice a whisper. 'What time is it, Scorp?' Albus' head was pounding his eyes stinging. He rolled over to face Scorpius on the floor in his sleeping bag. '3 o'clock, morning not afternoon' he said with a small grin trying to lighten the mood in the room. 'I know it's in the morning, it's still dark, I am not that daft you idiot' Albus chuckled.
'Anyway are you ok'
'yeah, yeah, yeah'
'Albus'
'what?'
'Don't lie, I know your not' Scorpius reached out to grab Albus' hand, Albus grabbed hold of his.
'Well... Your not the only one that has nightmares'
'Figures, You kept calling my name, like back then' he went quite obviously remembering his torture.
'Oh' Albus had absolutely no idea why he was blushing there was no need to. He hoped Scorpius couldn't see, of course he couldn't it was dark apart from the little light coming from the window, casting a light glow across Scorpius' hair. Albus smiled weakly 'You really did scare me you know, back there'
'I was only in pain, I mean not that that was a great thing, I mean yeah it hurt but your screams, begging for my life you know, scared me more' They're hands were still linked.
'Really?, I hated seeing you in pain though I thought I was gonna lose you' Scorpius then brushed his free hand again Albus' face, it felt cold, Albus noted, he forgot how to breathe slightly. 'yes really Al...' Scorpius' eye locked with his 'sometimes I think your dead and wake up and then look over at the window and look for the moon, I don't know why it helps like a constant reminder to remember my light in the darkness' he breathed.
'what is your light in the darkness?'
'You' Scorpius eyes began to cloudy with tears ' Severus Snape told me to think of you with the dementors, and it worked, you pulled me out of helpless' Then he just stared at Albus, did he really just nearly admit his deepest secret that he only liked Rose Granger-weasley to hide the fact he loved his best friend?, what was he saying? He could have told Albus he loved him right there and then but he couldn't bring himself too, surely Albus didn't feel the same way right?