Henry Cavill Imagines (y/n)

37: Nightmare

The clock read 1:27 a.m. It was the end of a Friday night and you and Clark laid in bed engulfed in each other sleeping soundly, but you had awakened as you do at this time every night. But it was something you didn't mind, as you got to observe and admire Clark as he slept while the moon shined it's bright pale light into your room. Just about 3 years ago when you and Clark first started dating, Clark had been in a battle with some rivals that came to earth from his homeland hoping to find him. The lives that were lost during their battle troubled him greatly, and he suffered nightmares for a long time. But since a couple of months ago, the nightmares had disappeared. It made you so happy to see Clark finally getting sleep.

His arm lapped over your waist with his hand resting on your chest as you lay with your back against his body. You softly began to stroke his firm strong arm and began falling asleep again when suddenly he began to move. He had begun to push his hand underneath you so that he could hold the whole of your torso. You were comforted by this because of the protection you felt within his arms until you noticed his grip become tighter. Soon after, he jerked. Holding you even tighter than before. You turned your head around just enough to see his face and noticed a thin line of sweat beginning to form, as well as his eyebrows beginning to furry together. "Clark..." You softly called. He continued to sleep. His grip was becoming slightly intolerable and you tried to shift from it.

"Clark...wake up." You said again. His breathing quickened and he began to squirm. Releasing grunts and heavy breaths along with very short mumbled words. He was having another nightmare. You were finally able to shimmy quite a bit from within his hold and sat up in bed with his arm still around your waist. You began to shake his arm since your calling him did not work, but as you did his arm shot up from your lap and held onto your arm pulling it off of him. He then removed himself from you and squirmed onto his back, his breathing still jagged and sweat now beginning to form onto his buff chest. "Clark please wake up." You said louder. You rocked his body but his reaction caught you completely off guard. Clark had shot up from the bed and hovered over you with his hand around your throat."Clark! No!" Looking into the eyes of the man above you, it was clear that he was in another world. You feared for your life at this moment, trying to figure how you could get him back to reality.

You repeatedly hit and smacked Clark's arm but his grip was still strong around your neck and you began to see more and more darkness. "Please..." Your voice was strained. You could feel yourself beginning to lose strength and the will to fight. "Madilyn." You whispered that name as your last hope to get him out of his trance. It was the name of you and Clark's future child if it were to be a girl. And slowly your eyes began to close. But then, before you lost full consciousness, Clark's hand had suddenly released the grip it had on your neck. As he pulled his hand off of you, you gasped for air and went into a coughing fit, holding onto his arm that held him up beside you. "Oh no..." He said lowly. He climbed off of you and stood on his knees beside you on the bed. "Y/n I'm so sorry." He said placing his hand on your back. You had finally gained your breathing back but laid out on your back from exhaustion.

"Clark...it's...it's ok," Looking back at Clark he began to stand and put a hand over his mouth."I-I'm so sorry. I have to leave." He hurriedly threw a pair of jeans on and a t-shirt as you got up from the bed now able to breathe fully well. "Clark no don't leave." You tried to stop him from getting dressed but he continued to pull his arms through his shirt sleeves. Soon after, he sat on the bed as he was putting his boots on but you fell onto your knees next to him and put your hands on his knee. "Clark I'm ok, please don't leave...it's not your fault!" He rushed up from the bed and backed away from you. "Y/n I cannot stay in this house with you after what I have just done. I don't want to hurt you, I love you too much to put you in that position again." You walked closer to him and put your hands on his firm chest. "Clark it's not your fault-" He removed your hands from his chest and shook his head.

"It is my fault! It's my fault that Zod even came here and it's my fault all those innocent people died!" His arms fell to his side and he scoffed while shaking his head. "They had lives y/n, and because of that I have these gut-wrenching nightmares and I hurt the only person left that I love because of it." Clark then hung his head low and his shoulders began to lightly jump. He plucked his thumbs off of his index fingers and his breathing became jagged. It didn't take long for you to realize that he was silently crying. You came to him once again and wrapped your arms around his waist, and almost immediately he wrapped his arms around you and broke down. "I'm here Clark...I'm here,"

"I never meant to hurt you y/n." You brought your hand up and stroked his black curly locks as he rested his head into the side of your neck.  "Clark listen to me..." You grabbed the sides of his head with your hands and brought him to a point where you could look in his eyes. "You aren't going to be able to save every single person when things like Zod happen. You can't help where you're from or what you are but you saved the entire world that day. You are so special, Clark." He held a sadness in his eyes that you could only wish to remove. He placed his forehead to yours and sighed deeply as you spoke these consoling words to him.

"I don't want to hurt you again y/n. I'll be back in the morning." He grabbed your hand and kissed the pad of your thumb before letting your hand down slowly and turning away from you. You clenched your fist softly missing the feeling of Clark immediately. It took a few seconds but after you heard the front door shut you knew he had gone for the rest of the night. You sat on the bed which held more space now and hugged tightly the pillow that Clark would have been sleeping on.

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