Imagining Pony’s first serious nightmare after his parents die. How normally he’d wake up from his nightmares crying and a little shaky. But this time he wakes up screaming, he’s hyperventilating, shaking, and he can’t calm down, why can’t he calm down.
And immediately Soda is in his room trying to comfort him but it isn’t working. Why isn’t it working? It normally works. But it doesn’t.
And then Soda is carrying Pony into Darry’s room. And when Darry wakes up and sees them, he’s sees two scared little kids. Pony is curled into Soda’s arms and looks smaller and younger than ever. Soda has a terrified look in his eyes at the fact that he can’t calm his baby brother down, he looks like a scared kid himself. Then Soda is collapsing into Darry’s bed. And Pony is crawling into Darry’s arms while Soda is tucking himself against Darry’s side. And only when Pony is firmly against Darry’s chest, listening to his heart, can he finally whisper out what will help him. He asks for his mom. And that’s all he can say. A quiet cry just repeating “I want mama”. And Darry wishes more than anything he could help, but that’s one of the few things Darry can’t give him. So he just holds his baby brothers and whispers “I know”. Because what else could he do?
And eventually Pony calms down a bit more. Eventually Soda is curled up against Darry’s side and Darry’s shoulder is a little dryer. Eventually, they can find themselves settled into a light sleep. With Soda laying up against Darry with his head tucked in Darry’s neck and with Pony laying his head on Darry’s chest. With Darry having one arm around each brother, wishing more than anything, that he could shield them from all the pain.
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