Until Dawn Prompts

Nightmares

Prompt for 'hafuckthis' on Tumblr; 'Could you write a Matt/Jess fic where Jess has a nightmare and Matt being a totally loyal little puppy he is comes in and comforts her? Please??'

Of fucking course man. I love me some Jess/Matt ^u^

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Words: 1227

Pairing(s): Matt/Jessica (You Dumb Oaf), Mentioned!Past!Mike/Jessica (He Came for Me), Mentioned!Past!Matt/Emily (You're a Person), Mentioned!Mike/Sam (Daring Duo), Emily/Ashley (Listen to the palm of my hand, bitch.), Chris/Josh (Climbing Class)

Additional Tag(s): Nightmares, Everyone lives Ending, Josh Lives, Memories, Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Break Ups, Heartache, Fluff, Angst, Scarred Baby Jessica, Matthew Pierce, Jessica Davis, Christopher Davis, Jessica and Chris are cousins, Ashley Prescott, Josh Washington, Emily Hayward, Michael Munroe, Samantha Welch.

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"MIKE! PLEASE HELP! MICHAEL!" I screamed and screamed as I was ripped through the trees, sharp edges of branches cutting into my cheeks, arms, legs, anything they could get to. The creature--Wendigo as they called it, screamed at me as if to make me shut up and continued to drag me. From the corner of my eye I could see a. . . a butterfly tattoo on the things arm, "HANNAH?" I screeched and tried to fight back, it pulled me along, ignoring my feeble attempts to fight back--

I leaned against the wall, breath knocked out if me, feeling someone next to me, looking over I smiled gently through the pain, Matt was next to me, trying to hold me still. I could feel the creature crawling behind us and then another scream pierced the air, I looked over just in time to see Matt be pulled away from me and slammed into the walls of the cave, he screamed at me to run and not look back, but I couldn't run. I watched as it grabbed the back of Matthew's head and slammed it repeatedly into the cave walls, a crunching sound being heard every time. I opened my mouth to scream--

"MATT!" I sat up from my bed, shaking fiercely, pain ripping through my body as I trembled, holding myself tightly and whimpering on my bed, I ignored the sounds of footsteps and the feeling of another person holding me, whispering sweet nothings at me and pulling me back down to lie on the bed. I sobbed into their shoulder and held them tightly, "Matt Matt Matt. . . ."

"I'm right here baby, don't worry. Just stay calm. I'm here now. Please don't cry." I opened my eyes and looked up at the dark skinned boy holding me, my heart aches subsiding as I smiled and tried to inch closer to him, "My beautiful girl. Don't worry. I'm here for you." He whispered and continued to hold and caress me. He kissed the top of my head and I sighed.

"So glad you're here." I mumbled, gripping onto his pajama sleeve tightly and burrowing my face into his chest, ignoring the searing pain from the scars decorating my face.

After I was found with Matt, curled around one another up on the mountain, both too tired to move after the excitement we both went through, I thought that I could never be a model again, my dream job.

Mike left me, he took too much pity on me and I could clearly see that even though he cared greatly for me, he was in love with Samantha. It didn't hurt me as badly as I thought it would to be completely honest. Samantha was a beautiful gal, very feisty and independent. I got over Mike pretty quickly, way faster than I expected. I guess me and him were just a fling, it doesn't surprise me.

Matt seemed annoyed at Emily when they first met up, Emily just seemed so happy that Matt was actually alive while Matt just looked. . . .irritated. As if he just wanted to get away from Emily. That's when he started to visit me in the hospital. Since I was the one mostly hurt, way more than the others, I had to stay the longest. Matt visited me ever day and every day he brought me flowers or my favorite chocolate, which I never even told him my favorite so I was surprised to say the least, and on the first week he brought me a stuffed bear that I actually slept with in my arms the entire time. The nurses told me that if he came in and saw me with the bear he would just smile and leave, not wanting to disturb me. It made me feel giddy when he showed up. At first I was in too much pain to really feel anything but as the months went by I got more and more excited to see him.

He would tell me the progress of the others, Mike and Sam got together which didn't surprise me at all. Ashley left Chris, saying it was just a crush and actually got with Emily, the only reason Matt knows that is because he saw Emily push Ashley against the wall of the hospital one day after visiting me and started to make out with her. Matt even told me that they found Josh, though he was a bit sick, they seemed to have found him starving himself and going on and on about refusing to eat the human body he found in the mines which was the Stranger. Chris of course became Josh's main caretaker, refusing to leave his side for even a minute. Even admitting to Josh that he went for him and Josh telling Chris how fucked up he was. Eventually, Matt mused, Chris admitted being in love with Josh and Josh didn't let Chris visit him for a week.

I felt bad for my cousin at that time, wishing that Josh would love my cousin back, I know they would be perfect for each other.

After my third month being there they finally allowed me to leave, though I was STILL sore from all my scars, Matt offered to move in with me to help around the house and make sure I didn't push myself, I agreed, feeling safer with Matt around more than anyone else, even with Mike I didn't feel all that safe.

Once we were settled in we were like besties, he helped me with some things, he went off to college but stopped playing football and instead started majoring in the Arts. He surprised me one day by asking if he could paint me, that I was just so beautiful in the evening light.

That was the first time he made me cry. I cried from happiness and told him he could, he seemed worried but I ushered him to hurry before we lost the light. When he finished and sowed me I couldn't believe it, he captured me perfectly and even made my scars look beautiful. I kissed him that night in front of the painting, too happy to give a damn if he liked me back or not, he kissed back enthusiastically and held me close in his arms, promising to never let me go.

We still don't sleep in the same bed though. I didn't want to move the relationship too fast and he's totally okay with it. Only on nights that I have nightmares does he come in and sleep with me.

We haven't even had sex yet. Yet Matt is totally loyal towards me and tells me everyday how beautiful I am and how if he ever lost me he wouldn't be able to handle it.

It makes me happy.

I feel the same way about him. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost my sweet Matthew Pierce. I hope one day I can change my name from Jessica Davis to Jessica Pierce. . . .sounds so much better on the tongue.

I nuzzled Matt gently and prodded him to go yo sleep, he reluctantly listened to me and held me gently, eventually the room was full of his soft snores and I drifted off to sleep, not being awakened by nightmares the rest of the night.