Forbidden Love • Peter Hale

IX // Nightmares

"Failure," Luna heard someone saying behind her.

She turned around and looked at them. "I'm not a failure." She said desperately.

"Condition terminal." They said, walking to her. The guy with a cane was holding a big needle to inject her.

"What does that mean?" She asked with a shaky voice. When they didn't answer, she asked again. "What does it mean?"

"You're dead." Another guy said.

"I'm not dead." She said, shaking her head. She walked backwards but stumbled.

"Yet." They injected the needle in her neck and her eyes filled up with mercury.

|Peter's POV|

He heard her little whimpers while she was sleeping. He sat on the roof, listening to Luna's heart beat. It was steady, but suddenly it began to beat really fast. He stood up and climbed in, through the window.

Luna was tossing and turning. Her little whimpers filled Peter's head. "What does it mean" He heard her saying multiple times.

"No, no, no" Luna began whispering. She woke up. Her whispers became louder and before she could scream, Peter wrapped his arms around her.

He held her as she cried. "shhh, I'm here, I'm here. It was just a dream. You're okay."

She cried a little longer before pulling back. "I-I had a nightmare."

"I heard, sweetheart." He said, kissing her head.

"How did you come in?" She frowned.

"The window." Peter chuckled. He had been sitting on her roof every night since she came back from the death, and it surprised him that Scott hadn't noticed with his werewolf senses.

Luna smiles, but he can see it's not genuine. The nightmare was still bothering her.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" Peter asks, gently rubbing her back.

Luna swallows and shakes her head no. "I-I don't- uhm.. I"

"It's okay if you don't want to tell me, just tell me when you're ready." Peter smiles slightly. Suddenly he cocks his head. Footsteps in the hall. Scott. He kisses Luna's temple. "I gotta go, sweetheart. Promise you'll call me tomorrow?" He asks while walking back to the window.

Luna nods and smiles. She waves when Peter disappears on the roof. She lays back and closes her eyes. She hears the door opening, probably Scott checking in on her, but she's too tired to open her eyes and look.

~~~

Luna opens her eyes and has to blink a few times before she can actually see anything. Memories flood back into her mind. Was she really awake in the middle of the night or was that just a dream? If she was awake, that would mean Peter was in her room.

She throws the sheets off her and walks to the window. She opens it and sniffs. Peters cologne hits her nostrils and she smiles. He actually was here.

He was a different Peter. He wasn't full of sarcasm or trying to impress her, au contraire, he was soft and caring. It was another side of Peter that she had never seen before, but one she definitely liked.