Help Me Understand [Gaster Sans x reader]

Chapter 5

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Trigger warning for gore, night terrors and other possibly sensitive stuff

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The night started out fine.
You scooted Echo a bit so you could fit in with him and smoothed down his hair.

You yawned and closed your eyes tiredly, your hand stopped touching Echo's hair and lay by your side as you fell into the warm embrace of sleep.

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ECHO P.o.V
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White checkered walls surrounded me as I stared in confusion at the walls, my brow furrowed, "m-ma? Where a-are you?" I called out, but no one answered.

Suddenly a lady in a lab coat came into the room and looked at me with tired grey eyes, "come with me sweetie, we're going to see your father." I whimpered and scooted away from her, she sighed and knelt in front of me, "come on, your mothers going to be with you..." I scooted away more and she looked at me with sympathetic eyes, "hey, you like those butterscotch candies right?" I nodded slowly and she smiled softly and reached into her pocket, pulling out a tiny square carmel candy.
She smirked and teased me, "I'll give you this, but only if you come with me, okay?"
I eagerly nodded and she pocketed the candy and grabbed my hand, lifting me up until I got to my feet and guided me out of the room.

The lady led me into another room, and by the doorway stood mama, she stared at me in relief and struggled out of the hands of two men in lab coats that were holding her arms back.
She enveloped me in a hug and I felt tears gather in my eyes.
I couldn't stand to be away from her, I loved her gentle touches and begged for her presence, her soft eyes staring into my own as she smothered my face with nuzzles and butterfly kisses.
Mama wiped my tears away and held my hand as the two men guided her inside the room.

I had never met my father, but I had been told that he was a relatively good man, Mama always seemed hesitant on telling me about him, she said that he lived here also and was a monster.

Inside the room stood a human looking monster, he had tufts of fur on his cheeks and elbows, he was tan and had dark, unkept hair with floppy dog ears at the top, though one of them was torn, his red eyes caught my mothers and they had a silent stand off before one of the men pushed her forward along with me.

My mother pet my hair and pushed me forward gently towards my father, he stared down at me, I fidgeted with my hands before introducing myself, "uh, h-hi, are yo-you my father?" He glared at me and switched his gaze to my mother, "you actually kept it? After I repeatedly warned you!" Mama glared at him with narrowed eyes, they were no longer gentle or loving, "he isn't an it!" My father scoffed and knelt down, "come here, kid." I approached him carefully and stopped once in front of him, I saw his face contort into a pained and disgusted expression, "he...he looks like me," he whispered, he extended his hands and lightly pet my floppy brown ears, he brought up his other hand and rubbed my cheek before running his fingers through my hair.

He looked into my red eyes, "don't take this too personally, kid." I tilted my head and yelped in fear as he pushed me and grabbed me by my neck.

Mama screamed and was going to launch herself at him but he stopped her by summoning a red flame in his hand and positioned it at my throat.
The men in the room panicked and got out guns but couldn't shoot.
Tears ran down my face as I looked at Mama desperately, her eyes were wet with tears and she was clutching her chest while yelling for the man I had considered a father to let me go.

I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't feel anything.
My eyes were only focused on my mothers angry and terrified face, I felt fear rise in me and I choked on a sob.
My lip quivered and I wailed for my mother, her gaze snapped to me and I saw her face contort into rage as she knocked down my father, mama repeatedly punched him and clawed at his face, her thumbs pushing down on his eyelids and she pushed down and blood sprayed, my father screamed and struggled against her.

I felt cold, but hot at the same time. All I could see was the blood spraying and mamas rage filled eyes.

It was then that I was first scared of mama, it made me realise how strong my mother really was, how powerful she could be.

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YOUR P.o.V
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You woke up by Echo screaming, you shot from  the bed and checked on him, sure enough he was having a night terror.

Grasping him by the shoulders, you enveloped him into a tight hug and buried his head in your shoulder so his wails wouldn't wake G.

He kept gasping and clutching your shirt, he wailed in your shoulder and you shushed him gently, rocking him back and forth.
"Don't l-let hi-him h-hurt m-me, m-mama!" You felt tears gather in your eyes at his words and you ran your fingers through his hair, "he's gone now, he won't hurt you..."
he continued to cry into your shoulder before his tears dried and his shaking stopped.

You held him close, he let out shaky breaths once in awhile but calmed down, closing his eyes shut as he desperately clung to you, his head buried into your chest.

After you were sure he had fallen asleep you tucked him in again and lay there with him as he wouldn't let go of your warm embrace.

For the rest of the night you stayed awake by his side, comforting him as he drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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Ohoho what's this?
An update?
WOW !
I finished this in a day but I love it
It's longer than most chapters so that's good

Idk if I got the night terror right, I wanted it to be more dramatic and dreamlike but it seemed more like a memory.
I also want to clarify that Echo's night terrors were caused by his father attacking him and the sigh of watching his own mother gorge out his fathers eyes out, so Echo is pretty traumatised by it all.
Poor baby ;3;
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