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It was the same nightmare Julia had been having for years on end. Her younger self was in the woods. Twigs and leaves crackling underneath her navy blue rain boots she always wore as a kid. And she'd come across a shed. And she'd see that kid, dead — every single time. The only thing she'd heard were her own screams and running through the woods.
And that was around the time she always woke up in a cold sweat from the nightmare. And she struggled to go back to sleep after that.
She got these nightmares every so often since she was six years old. And those damn woods always creeped her out. But she could never remember where she was. That was always the thing.
And since it was a blazing 4am — Julia started her day right then and there. She got ready, drank coffee and looked up articles on what it meant to have nightmares about the woods. Stupid Reddit for never giving me straight answers!
Julia had decided that she was gonna start heading to the office at six after that, taking the morning train and then walking the rest of the way to work.
And now, here she was, standing in front of the coffee machine at the kitchenette ... for the fourth time this morning. (She couldn't help it, the coffee is just too damn good!)
Julia sighs as she pours only a little in her cup this time and overdoing it with the creamer, like she always did. "Whoa, Cortez, you gonna save the rest of the coffee for the rest of us?"
Morgan's dulcet tones spoke up and Julia jumped, startled because of the fact that she believed she was alone at the area. Julia hoped that her being on-edge was shown on her face but Morgan knew better.
"Sorry," he apologizes. "Didn't mean to startle you, sunshine. You all good?" He wonders.
Julia nods, realizing droplets of her coffee had fallen on the counter and she quickly grabbed a napkin to wipe it down. "Yeah, yeah, I'm good. Just... nightmares." She shrugged it off, plastering on the smile she always had on at work.
"What about?" Morgan raises a brow, knowing all too well about nightmares within the bureau. "I, uh... it's kind of hard to explain." Julia looks around and whispers at the man so as the others can't hear her talk about this with her colleague.
"Try me." Morgan said and Julia looks at the man. She hopes that he can keep a secret so she doesn't have to worry about him talking to anyone else about her nightmares.
