My eyes shot open and I jolted upright, shaking and sweating. Adam was sitting beside me with a worried expression on his face. I looked around the room, panicked and unfocused. My brain was frazzled, and trying to calm down from my nightmare was out of the question.
Shaking, I curled up into a tight ball, mumbling and occasionally whimpering. I felt Adam stroking my head in an attempt to calm me down a little bit. He spoke to me, but I couldn't make anything out, as my ears were still ringing. The pain and ringing slowly subsided, but I still didn't uncurl from the tight ball that I was in, as I was still panicked. Adam spoke again, but this time in a much softer voice. "Takashi? Hey, look at me. It's okay. You're safe, it was just a nightmare." He pulled me into his arms, and I hesitantly began to uncurl, still not fully calmed down. It was going to be a hard day today. I just knew it.
POV change: Adam
I woke up to whimpering. 'That can't be good.' I thought. I sat up and looked down at my fiancé, who was still asleep. He was shaking uncontrollably and crying out in pain. I shook him slightly, but he didn't wake up, only crying out again. I started to get worried. "Takashi? Takashi! Wake up!" I half yelled, shaking him harder. His eyes remained tightly shut. I looked around, seeing if I could find anything to wake Takashi up. I sighed and gave up my search. I turned back to where he lay unconscious. I winced as I heard him mumbling. "Make it stop! It hurts..." Takashi cried out again. I shook him hard. "Wake up! Please wake up!" I was starting to panic. Takashi had nightmares that were slowly getting worse. They had started off where it was just a bad memory or dream, and he could be woken up easily. Now they had increased in intensity and he was often unconscious and couldn't be woken up that easily. This was the worst one yet. I grabbed Takashi's hand (his flesh one, there's no way that I would grab his mechanical hand during one of his nightmares) as he cried out again. I winced, not at the death grip he had on my hand, but at the sound of the cry. I brushed the damp hair out of his eyes and looked down at him. Takashi whimpered and I quickly shushed him, knowing that Pidge was probably awake by now. I heard their small voice as they grabbed their stuff a headed out the door.
"Bye dads, I love you!" And then the door slammed shut. They knew about Takashi's nightmares, and mostly stayed up late checking on him before I got home (we live in the Garrison officer dorm building). I sighed, but got startled when Takashi sat bolt upright. His gaze was panicked, unfocused. I unfortunately knew this look all to well. He looked around the room, breathing hard. I still gripped his hand, though I'm pretty sure he was to panicked to even notice. I watched as he curled himself into a tight ball, shaking uncontrollably.
"Takashi, please look at me!" I said, my voice firm, but gentle. Takashi didn't budge, now mumbling incomprehensible words. I started stroking his head in an attempt to get him to calm down. I felt tears start to pool in my eyes. I blinked rapidly to stop myself from crying. That was the last thing Takashi needed. I spoke in a softer voice, seeing if he would respond to me this time. "Takashi? Hey, look at me. It's okay. You're safe, it was just a nightmare." I wrapped my arms around him and pulled my scared and frazzled fiancé closer to me. Takashi hesitantly began to uncurl, his breathing steadying. He stopped shaking, but he still looked slightly panicked.
"Adam?" Takashi's voice sounded small compared too his usual voice, which was strong and clear. I looked down at him. "Was it the same one?" I asked quietly. Takashi nodded, face buried in my shoulder. "Takashi, is this just a nightmare? Or is this something bigger that we can't see yet?"
Words: 704 (not including this part. It will never include this part). So, yeah. Shiro keeps having this same nightmare over and over. I wonder what's up that. The meaning of that will come later in the story, but for now, I will keep it a secret. Who wants to figure out what's going to happen to our two boys? I know I do! 😁 (I already know what happens bc I write this freaking book haha!)
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Shattered Pieces (Book 1)
FanfictionVoltron and OC AU called Crystal Faith. Everything seems to be going just fine in Shiro's life. He's a senior officer at the Galaxy Garrison (Crystal Core) along with his fiancé Adam and his daughter just enrolled as a cadet. But he keeps having nig...
