Love Knows No Bounds

Nightmare

Serena woke up in a cold sweat. Her heart beating a thousand times a minute and her breath hitched, trying to shake off her terrible sleep.
She had a nightmare. A nightmare she would wish to soon forget, but knew that the thought wouldn't leave her head so easily.
Sleeping beside her was the red clad turtle, who was now awake from Serena's movement.

"Hey, you okay?" He asked in a raspy voice, turning over to face her.

"Y-yeah.. Just a bad dream." Serena answered as calmingly as she could.

Raph sat up on the bed. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asked, gently placing his hand overtop of her shoulder.
Serena held her face in her hands and shook her head. Raph would respect that she didn't want to talk.

"Okay then." He said. "Let's get back to sleep then."
He had Serena gently lie back down on the bed with himself following close behind. Once his shell hit the mattress, Serena cuddled up closely next to him. Nuzzling her face in his chest.
Raph smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her comfortingly. Holding her close.

"Sweet dreams Serena." He whispered before kissing the top of her head and the two turtles fell back asleep. This time with a much better thought going through the female turtle's head.

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For story sake, I'll say that the nightmare was about Shredder taking out all the turtles and Splinter leaving Serena all alone and abandoned.