It all started with a runaway /s.m

Fast

Faster, faster, faster my legs moved as I attempted to catch up my breath coming out in short pants as my beating heart attempted to fill my lungs with air. Shrieks of laughter filled the air around me. Faster. Faster. Faster. The dried wheat like grass whipped around lightly brushing my arm as I ran past. Just as I felt my body get tired I heard another shriek. Go. Go. Go. A smile lit my face just as I saw the figure I'd been chasing I let my own laughter fill my ears. I was close enough to touch the figure but just as my finger grazed the cotton sweater the figure was gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. As if I'd been chasing nothing I called for him, screamed his name bit no sound came from my lips only air. I tried to scream until I realized it was no use in that moment my knees buckle from underneath me causing me to crumble on the ground of the field tears coating my face.
I jolted awake it was a nightmare. Only a nightmare. my body cold. My breath in pants. "Emma! Emma!" I heard a voice it sounded distant almost as if I had water in my ears. "Emma!" the voice said again my vision cleared to find a pair of warm brown eyes starting into mine very closely. ,
"Emma why are you crying?" my finger tips found my cheek which, like Shawn had already pointed out were wet. "I had a daymare" I admitted sheepishly. Before I could realize what was happening Shawn's muscular arms wrapped around me engulfing he in a hug. My head on his chest his chin on my head. The only sound our breathing and the soft murmur of the tv in the background. This was a moment I wanted to last forever unfortantly shawn slowly let go going back to his original position on the couch turning his attention back to the harry potter movie on the TV. I laid down in the couch in a fetal position trying to figure out what just happened. "Shawn?" he turned to look at me with a soft "Hmm" as a reply. "Can you lay with me?" shawn almost looked conflicted before he shook off his previous thought and laid in the spot I had cleared for him behind me. His calloused finger tips brushed my neck as he moved my hair. Seconds later I felt my hair moving. When realization hit I chuckled. "Mendes?"
"yes" his breath fanned my neck. "Are you...braiding my hair?"
"maybe" he added a chuckle of his own I felt it vibrate against my back.
" what's next telling each other secrets?" I joked.
I waited for a response but it never came. Only soft snores. I turned to face shawn as I watched him sleep I examined his features. He had a small scare on his cheek and insanely long beautiful brown eyelashes. I hurried my face in shawn's chest he had a sent all his own, like cologne and mint. Felt my eyes grow heavy and just before I entered deep sleep I felt shawn's drape across my waist and pulled me closer and just like that we entered dream land in each others arms.