Voice
“Her heart was racing, but she still had control of her body, her breathing.
“You okay?” His voice was rough with sleep as he blinked up at her in the dim light, helping her find his hand.
“I’m all right. It wasn’t as bad this time. At least I knew I was dreaming.” She looked over to make sure the scrambler was still working, then tried to get comfortable again without letting go of Jack’s hand. “I hate feeling like this.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“In books and movies, so often they make it... so sharing a bed with someone you care about, it keeps the nightmares away.” She hesitated, not wanting to word things wrong, but not at her most able to string words together coherently. “It’s obviously not keeping them away, sleeping with you, but it helps when I wake up, knowing you’re here. It’s easier to figure out what’s the dream and what’s not, to convince myself that he’s not really here.”
Jack pulled her hand to his lips and kissed her fingers.MoreLess
“You okay?” His voice was rough with sleep as he blinked up at her in the dim light, helping her find his hand.
“I’m all right. It wasn’t as bad this time. At least I knew I was dreaming.” She looked over to make sure the scrambler was still working, then tried to get comfortable again without letting go of Jack’s hand. “I hate feeling like this.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“In books and movies, so often they make it... so sharing a bed with someone you care about, it keeps the nightmares away.” She hesitated, not wanting to word things wrong, but not at her most able to string words together coherently. “It’s obviously not keeping them away, sleeping with you, but it helps when I wake up, knowing you’re here. It’s easier to figure out what’s the dream and what’s not, to convince myself that he’s not really here.”
Jack pulled her hand to his lips and kissed her fingers.MoreLess
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