When Kavinsky does finally fall asleep, he dreams.
He wishes he didn't.
Nightmares aren't a new thing and this is far from the first one he's had in this weird city, but ever since Fort Harmony they've been-- a little different. It's been a while since he lost control. Maybe he's just due for it, or maybe he's just too tired to be lucid enough to stop it from happening.
When he jerks awake, he knows they aren't alone. The nightmare doesn't have much of a shape, there in the corner. It's part of the shadows and it's all darkness and eyes and claws and feathers and teeth. And it's looking at Nick. Kaivnsky has the presence of mind to shove the other boy off the bed and onto the floor when the nightmare makes its first pass with an unholy shrieking sound. Something sharp cuts his shoulder before he lands on the floor, half on top of Nick.
THe nightmare retreats to another corner, brimming and filling that part of the room with inscrutable darkness.
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He wishes he didn't.
Nightmares aren't a new thing and this is far from the first one he's had in this weird city, but ever since Fort Harmony they've been-- a little different. It's been a while since he lost control. Maybe he's just due for it, or maybe he's just too tired to be lucid enough to stop it from happening.
When he jerks awake, he knows they aren't alone. The nightmare doesn't have much of a shape, there in the corner. It's part of the shadows and it's all darkness and eyes and claws and feathers and teeth. And it's looking at Nick. Kaivnsky has the presence of mind to shove the other boy off the bed and onto the floor when the nightmare makes its first pass with an unholy shrieking sound. Something sharp cuts his shoulder before he lands on the floor, half on top of Nick.
THe nightmare retreats to another corner, brimming and filling that part of the room with inscrutable darkness.