Give It Time To Heal

Regular Occurrences

Dervish starred out of his office's window, a soft whimper erupted the still silence of the 5AMm air. He felt tired, but wide awake at the same time. god he hated this. How many times had he woken Grubbs up with his horrified screaming because his nightmares?

 Another whimpering sound, he got up and opened the door. Was Grubbs crying? Dervish walked down the hall, catching the sight of his soaked cheeks and puffy eyes in the glass of one of the portraits in the hallway. His brows furrowed, his lips quivered and another whimper lie whine burst through the silence of the mansion. He rubbed his cheek, when had he started crying?

Dervish sat against the wall and hung his head between his legs, letting his tears drip from his face and stain the carpeting and his shirt. He closed his eyes and lay down in the dark hallway. 

"Dervish! Derv the perv where's your nerve," Grubbs barked out, a horrified look creasing his young tired features. Dervish took a deep breathe, his cheeks, eyes and finger stung like they were raw. He looked down, the tips of his fingers were bloody, wooden splinters sticking out of his knuckles and forearms. He let out a terrified scream and fell back, banging his head against a upside down table surrounded with broken ceramics and bits of the table itself. 

"Dervish! It's okay, the demons aren't here," Grubbs said rushing over to his wounded uncle. Deep scratches littering his cheeks ad around his eyes, this wasn't the first time he had tried to gouge his eyes out either. "It's okay, It's all okay now. it was just a dream." His voice caught in his throat, how many times had he repeated this same chant, promising false hopes only to have to deal with the aftermath- a bloody crying mess of a man, broken furniture and so bruises himself. 

The day went on as usual, Grubbs escorted Dervish back to his room. Attending to the dried blood and pulling out splinters. Cleaning the small holes with porioxide, the fizzing liquid made Dervish wince and try torip his hand away.