pet palace (mafia AU)

dripping liquids

Nightmare was acutely aware of someone lifting his hand up. He wasn't sure when he had dozed off; he remembered hands leaving his body, and the lights being turned off, but after that everything went blank. There was a small pinch on the back of his hand, and he groaned softly. The slight feeling turned to a stabbing pain in an instant. He yelped and tried to yank his hand  away, but it was held strongly. "I know, im sorry, '' said a soft voice, as something cold pressed against the pain. Nightmares eyes fluttered open and his brother's smiling face filled his view.

As memories flooded back to him, tears started to well in nightmares eyes. "Oh honey" dream cupped nightmares cheeks  in his hands, wiping away the tears with his thumbs "i'm sorry, i didn't think it would hurt that much. Oh don't cry". The pain in his hand was almost nonexistent as he gasped around sobs. "D-d-don't touch me!" he whimpered, trembling in dreams arms. "Y-you're n-ot my brother...". Dream sighed as he lifted nightmare up slightly, propping him into a sitting position with a pillow. He ran his hand over the lacing of the dress, smiling softly,

"I get it" he said as he picked up a thin tube "you're upset, this is new for you, but i promise you'll get use to it". Nightmare watched as dream lifted his hand again. The was a small, black thing embedded into the bone, the top of it poking out. Dream slipped the tube into the hole at the top of the black button, giving it a gently tug. "What..." nightmare questioned as dream picked up a needless syringe. "Its a drip" dream explained, fitting the syringe onto the tube, injecting the contents slowly "this will help with the slime. It won't make whats already on you, but it should stop anymore from forming".

Nightmare whimpered as he felt the cold liquid seep into his bone. "I know its not the most comfortable, but a permanent insert is the best way to do this. You'll need a dose twice a day, so its the best way to do it". Dream pulled the syringe out of the tube, then taped it down to his wrist. Nightmare brought his hand above his face and stared at the thing in his hand. Permanent? Was this really permanent? New tears filled his eyes as dream got up, walking over to the dresser and coming back with a tray. "Here, i made you dinner" he said, sitting it down on his lap "your favorite" he smiled.

Nightmare stared down at the plates; steamed shrimp and gravy rice, along with a glass of apple juice. Nightmare hiccup and burst into tears, chest rattling with each sob. "I'm not hungry" he whimpered, sliding the tray off himself and curling up "leave me alone". Dream frowned and reached out, petting nightmares cheek. "Don't touch me!" nightmare yelled, tipping over the tray and spilling the food all over the carpet "don't touch me". He started picking at the tape, but it was a lot stronger than normal tape. "No, nightmare don't do that" he said, grabbing his wrist.

"NO" nightmare snapped, ripping his arm away and throwing off the blankets, jumping off the bed and falling almost immediately. "Nightmare. You need to calm down" dream slipped his arms under nightmares dragging him back onto the bed "you're going to hurt yourself". Dream flicked his wrist and blue magic contained nightmares thrashing. He pressed him against the bed as he went to the cabinets. Pulling out a set of padded cuffs he returned to the bed, sitting down and wrapping them around nightmares wrist. "No! N-no dream stop" he gasped, trying to pull free. He tried to call out to his tentacles, but he couldn't reach them "p-please dream what are you doing? Let me go stop please".

Dream sighed as he attached nightmares wrists to the head board "shhh, calm down baby" he cooed, cinching another strap around his neck; pulling it snug, but not too tight and clipping it into place. Dream let go of his blue magic, nightmare immediately starting to pull against them. "I don't want you to get hurt" dream said calmly, cupping his face and rubbing circles under his eyes "if you can't stay safe, then this is what has to happen". Nightmare screamed and slammed his head against the bed frame "let me go!!" he shrieked. He expected his eyes to fill with goo, but his vision only blurred. He slammed back again, black stars popping behind his eyes.

He went to slam again but something soft was wedged behind his head. "Nightmare... is this really how this is gonna go? Am I going to have to keep you drugged constantly?". There was genuine sadness in dreams voice as he rested his head against  his brothers chest "I just want you to be happy here with me. I want you to be mine and only mine."

Despite the circumstances nightmare tried to calm down his breathing. His mind was trained to want to comfort his brother. He made a move to wrap his arms around his brother, but it was useless.

"Dream" nightmare squeaked "i need you to leave". Dream frowned and pet nightmares cheek, making him flinch. "I can't do this right now. Please leave. I need you to leave me alone". Dream pulled back his hand and hesitated, nodding slowly "ok....ok". Dream picked up the bowls and the larger chunks of food, piling them onto the tray. "I'll have someone come clean up the mess".

Dream closed the door softly and nightmare took a deep breath, then let out a wail. He yanked at the restraints and kicked at the bed, The lock on his pelvis clanked as he moved, reminding him of how trapped he was. "Stop it stop stop" he wailed, falling limp in the cuffs. He wanted to close his eyes and wake up from this in his room. He wanted this to be a bad dream, but he knew that was impossible. The fabric of the dress bunched up around his waist and he squeezed his eyes shut. His energy was quickly depleting, reducing him into desperate sobs. He let his head go limp as tears dripped onto the dress.

He was so tired. He shouldn't be, but he was. He wanted to go to sleep and never wake up. Never again.

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Ight, ima disappear into my cave for a week