To Fix A Multiverse

Chapter 21

Dream sighed quietly. He was the only one who was still awake. Everyone else was asleep and he was leaning against the wall, sitting up, unable to sleep. It was kind of funny that he couldn't sleep well despite his name being Dream...

Nightmare slept leaning on the couch with his arms crossed and his skull lulled down. He was breathing slowly, twitching occasionally.

Dream held his aching skull with a quiet groan, closing his eye sockets for a second.

He looked around, noticing that everyone was sleeping peacefully. He was surprised, really. He'd have thought at least one of them would have a nightmare. His eye lights widened when he saw that Nightmare was twitching a bit.

Dream stood up silently and went over, cringing when he stepped onto a particularly loud piece of floor.

Nightmare cringed at the sound and curled into himself, his face growing pained as he twitched more often.

Dream cursed quietly, sitting down next to Nightmare. He had jinxed it..

He gently rubbed his twin's skull, trying to calm him down.

"Mm." Nightmare grunted/hummed a bit, his face scrunching up more in distress before it relaxed. He curled in on himself tighter- turning himself into a slight ball and exhaled softly, relaxing fully to the comforting touches.

Dream used his other hand to gently rub his brother's back, glad that what he was doing seemed to be helping.

Nightmare flinched a bit at the contact before he sighed softly. He shifted and turned around towards Dream's touches, leaning onto his chest. He shifted his skull slightly before falling still with a deeper sleep.

Dream yawned slightly as he felt his eye sockets growing heavy and pulled his twin closer, falling asleep.

Nightmare twitched a little when he was hugged but he soon relaxed, leaning into Dream's embrace happily.

They slept in the position they had always been in a long time ago.

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Papyrus hummed as he unlocked the front door to the house he shared with his dad and his brother. It was still early in the morning. Maybe he could get Sans to go to his job at a reasonable time.

"SANS!! I'M HOME!!!" Papyrus shouted as he closed the door.

Nightmare jumped awake at the loud noise and instinctively wrapped the person up in his tentacles. He pulled away from someone and stood up to stand protectively in front of his gang while glaring at the intruder.

The Dark Sanses roused awake from their slumber a second later, confused and sleepy. Nightmare knew this. They were vulnerable right now. He wouldn't let anyone hurt his boys. No one would touch them.

Haven startled awake, drowsily looking at his brother.

"mornin'..." He mumbled sleepily, standing up unsteadily.

The Star Sanses were slow to wake up.

Papyrus seemed unfazed by the predicament he found himself in.

"My dearest apologies. If I had known Sans had some friends over I'd have refrained from shouting. I didn't mean to startle you." He apologised.

Nightmare looked at the intruder with a shocked and baffled look. His sleep ridden mind couldn't figure out what to do in this situation so he didn't release the monster.

Haven's sleep-muddled brain tried to make sense of the situation and he tried to get to Nightmare to explain the situation, stumbling over the carpet.