Kisses her forehead and gently drags his fingers through her hair while she sleeps on his lap.
It’s beenquite a long time since she managed to sleep through the night without beingawoken by nightmares. Memories, flashes of blood and fire dancing in her mind,and she just could never push themaway. So she didn’t, she clung tothem, and that fueled her desire for revenge all those years.
However,now things have changed. It’s not only the fact that she promised Aladdin she’dtry to be happy, and it’s not only the fact that she decided to keep on livingfor Isaac’s sake. There are plenty of reasons why Dunya kept on walking thepath of light, even if she never truly moved on, and will probably neveraccomplish so.
But now shehas him, and he has become the single most important thing in her life. To findsomeone who loves her despite how broken she is, who understands…because they have both lived the same, suffered thesame. They are bonded by their ownmisery.
And thanksto him, she managed to fall asleep without the feeling of emptiness in herchest.
The softpeck on her forehead makes her eyelashes flutter as she returns consciousness,only to feel his fingers running through her hair. A soothing feeling and shedoesn’t want him to stop.
“I...I apologize for falling asleep like this…I suppose I have been resting too littlelately…”