WDW Sickics/Oneshots

Nightmare // Zach

Saturday was going great.

The day had been carefree for all the boys since they lounged around the house all day.

That is until nighttime came.

Zach had always been claustrophobic, and he couldn't help it.

He once even had a panic attack in a dressing room because he felt it was too small.

But the only thing worse than it happening in real life, was it happening in dreams.

Well, more like nightmares.

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Zach could feel it.

He knew his brain was specifically active and hyper tonight.

On nights like this, Zach dreaded falling asleep, scared of what kind of dreams his brain would concoct.

But he knew that he needed sleep and that nightmares weren't real.

He also was glad that he shared a room with Jonah.

Jonah insisted that he share a room with Zach after Zach had a horrible night terror.

Jonah remembers hearing Zach screaming in his sleep.

Zach takes a deep breath, unwillingly laid down under his comforter and shut his eyes.

Soon, he was fast asleep.

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Zach's POV

I slowly open my eyes, to a weird sight.

Where am I?

I look around to find that I'm in a square-like room, smaller than my bedroom.

I look for a door or a window, but there is nothing remotely close to that.

My chest gets right from the realization.

Then the weirdest thing happens.

The walls start moving.

They start moving towards me.

Closer and closer.

The room gets smaller and smaller.

I scream as loud as I possibly can.

Louder than I've ever screamed before, hoping someone would save me.

But I knew it wasn't likely.

So I just screamed and braced myself for fate.

Jonah's POV

I wake up to a heart reaching sound.

Screams.

I don't hesitate in knowing whose screams they are.

I turn over to Zach who is flailing his limbs and screaming uncontrollably.

I rub his shoulder softly and pull him into my lap.

I begin to shake him softly, but then harder as he doesn't wake up.

"Come on Z. Wake up bud", I say.

Just then, Daniel, Corbyn, and Jack burst through the for, tired and confused.

"What the hell is going-", Jack stops.

"He's having another nightmare", I reply loudly.

The boys all walk over to try and wake Zach up.

"Wake up Zach", Corbyn says shaking him.

"Come on Z", I say.

Suddenly Zach's eyes shoot open, and he jerks his body up.

He's still screaming and now hysterically sobbing.

"Hey, sh, sh, sh. You're okay Zach", I have to practically yell.

Zach continues to flail his limbs, scared and confused about the situation.

I hug him closer to my chest and stroke his hair.

He screams s few more times, but the loud noises are replaced with quick breaths.

He eventually stops moving so sporadically but instead is shaking really hard.

"Go back to bed boys. I got it", I insist.

Daniel opens his mouth to protest, but I glance at him making him shut it.

They exit the room, leaving me holding a shaking, sobbing Zach.

"It's ok bud. You're safe", I tell him stroking his hair.

Zach turns over and buries his head in my chest, sobbing uncontrollably.

I notice how quick his breath is.

"Sh. It's okay bud. Just breathe. You're safe", I say.

I can hear him attempt to take a deep breath but fail.

I can feel his heartbeat against my stomach, noticing how quick it is.

His shaky body doesn't calm down.

"Calm down, Zach. You're shaking", I say rubbing his back.

When he's finally calmed down, he looks up at me, teary-eyed and scared.

I just put his back against my stomach, holding him in my lap.

I give him a kiss on the top of the head, in a brotherly way.

"You wanna talk about it bud?", I finally decide to say.

I see him nod.

"I-I woke up, in this square room. There w-were no d-doors or windows. Then the wall's started moving closer and closer, and I couldn't do anything, so I screamed, and I prayed, and I thought I was gonna die, and I was so scared, and I-I", I stop Zach before he has a panic attack.

"Hey, hey, hey. It's ok. It wasn't real, and its over now. Just calm down and take deep breaths", I tell Zach.

He buries his face back into my chest, now shaking again.

"I-it felt s-so real, Jo", he sniffles out.

"I know bud. But it wasn't, ok?", I tell him.

"Try to go back to sleep", I say lifting his head off my chest.

"I'll be right here", I assure him, laying him down on the bed.

"Ok", he says before yawning.

"Thank you, J-Jonah", Zach tells me.

"No problem Zach", I reply.

That's the last thing we said, before drifting back to sleep.