Nightmares?

[Nox]

Nox wasn't sure what to say to that. He had nightmares every night. And Every night he woke much the same way startled from his sleep at the scariest part of the memories. Always the same dreams - always haunting him. He held Elyse and laid down with her still in his arms. He only wanted to comfort her.

"Do you want to talk about it?"
he asked. It was never something someone asked him, and really there was nothing to talk about. It was the same dream every night. Always with the death and dying, the hell hounds and now Aurora's death and the impending doom that shook his world that one day he might actually have to kill Aria. He didn't think he could do it, but he'd promised. And he intended to live up to his promises. No matter what it cost him.

Which made things ironic for the night - he'd met a woman who he had every intention of killing when he'd met her, and now, now she was caught in his mind. But Kali was not a damsel in distress - Elyse was. The one need canceling the other and Nox focused on what was in front of him. Elyse... "If you don't that's okay too. Just know I'm here."
He instinctively pulled her tighter against him. Her warmth making him feel only slightly safer in his own mind. Nox wondered what it would feel like to be safe for real...He was sure he'd never find out.