We Almost Made It

Reciprocal Scream

-Wednesday, 5:36 am-

Stiles woke to an odd sound coming from across the hallway.

He jumped out of bed and ran into the guest bedroom where Lydia was staying the night.

Lydia's chest was on fire. It was like she was screaming in reverse, the opposite of screaming.

As a banshee, she hears voices when people around her are about to die. The voices and sounds echo in her mind and get louder and louder until she can't take it anymore and she screams uncontrollably.

This was different, though. This was as if someone hadn't died, but revived.

She wasn't screaming, but the sound and the air was being forcefully sucked into her lungs, suffocating her from the outside in.

It was like taking a humongous breath, but it never stopped. It just kept going and going and she couldn't breathe.

Her entire body shook and twitched as she lay on the bed.

Stiles flipped shit.

"LYDIA! Hey hey hey hey hey what's going on???!?@$!@!$#" He panicked.

Lydia stared at him with big bug eyes, obviously still struggling.

Stiles sat behind her on the bed and held her in his arms, desperately trying to calm her.

Then it stopped. Just as soon as it had come.

Lydia exhaled heavily and closed her eyes, relaxing into Stiles.

Stiles looked worriedly at her as he always did when Lydia was in danger.

"Are you okay?" He asked hurriedly.

Lydia nodded and focused on her breaths, still closing her eyes.

"Has that ever happened before?"

"Never" she whispered, her voice shaky, "It was like the opposite of screaming. Not like someone was dead, but someone was alive. Like...-Like someone was resurrected somehow."

Stiles stared at her, his brows knit, and he raked his fingers through his hair.

"You're taking the day off." He confirmed without actually getting her consent.

Lydia nodded, agreeing. She usually never wanting to ditch school, but one day wouldn't hurt her. She'd already technically graduated and just had to take a couple easy classes for credit.

"Alright well it's almost six, we better get some shut-eye." Stiles said while starting to get up.

"Wait." Lydia grabbed Stiles' arm. "You can stay if you want too." Her eyes wandered up into his.

Stiles would never in a million years miss out on an opportunity like this. He sat back down and gathered her in his arms.

They fell asleep just seconds later.

*AHHHH STYDIA
Seriously though have you ever tried to take a continuous breath like it HURTS
Wonder what they're gonna do on their day off ;)
Love you- Kaylee (DDOD)*