[He sighs, shakily but contentedly enough, just so. His arms envelop her and pull her a little closer, a loving teddy bear he doesn't yet plan on letting go.
He rests his cheek on her head and nuzzles lightly in return, hesitantly closing his eyes, reopening them, then closing them again when visions of the nightmare fail to plague him.
Later... later would be time for discussing it. It would lose its power completely in the daylight, where he could analyze it and talk about it, rendering it down to useless fiction.
But for now, her warmth would be enough to hold it at bay, and with that shield he would, after a while, fall back asleep.]
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He rests his cheek on her head and nuzzles lightly in return, hesitantly closing his eyes, reopening them, then closing them again when visions of the nightmare fail to plague him.
Later... later would be time for discussing it. It would lose its power completely in the daylight, where he could analyze it and talk about it, rendering it down to useless fiction.
But for now, her warmth would be enough to hold it at bay, and with that shield he would, after a while, fall back asleep.]