They’re on the Citadel for the time being - safe, and with a moment to rest. If only the nightmares would let them.
A/N: So. I wrote this... idk. Beginning of July? It’s tiny, it’s eventual relationship stuff, it explains very little of the characters... but it’s something?
I realized I’d never posted it, so here, have a tiny snippet of my newest ME dorks.
Regan Kelly and Teegan are mine, and I do intend to write more about them in the future - whenever I can manage to, y’know, write again - but enjoy this tiny offering in the meantime ♥
Regan wakes suddenly, slipping briskly from nonsensical dreams to the coziness of the plush turian bed she’d slept in.
There’s a pair of thin, armored arms wrapped around her torso, a leg pressed between hers, and a purr rumbling from the chest pressed to her back.
It’s cozy, and comfortable, and she’d be damn content to snuggle back down and go right back to sleep-
If she didn’t have to pee.
Groaning, Regan squints her eyes open and works at freeing herself from her bed-partners grasp, cursing when he instead tightens his grasp and pulls her closer to his chest.
“No…” he mumbles, burying his nose in her neck.
“Tee, c’mon, I gotta pee.” she tries to wiggle free again, groaning when he holds tight, “Teegan, seriously, I will elbow you, lemme go.”
“Don’t - they’re coming-”
He’s not awake. She realizes, rolling over in his grasp to take a look at his face - eyes clenched shut and mandibles clamped to his face, subharmonics whining uncomfortably. Nightmare again. Shit.
They both get them, since the shit on Omega - hard not to, with the damn creatures they’d faced down - sometimes every night, sometimes less often. She’d been lucky, lately.
“Teegan - hey, Tee, cmon, buddy, you’re safe. Wake up.” Regan gently runs her hands along his throat, cupping under his mandibles and scratching there, carefully, humming a little - she’s never been the nurturing type, never cared enough to be, but Teegan’s been the one exception, and damn if she won’t at least try - “We’re safe, it’s just us. Wake up for me, Tee…”
The whimpering stops, a groan taking its place as his mandibles flair, eyes slipping open a moment later to stare at her.
“Ree?” he manages after a quiet moment of staring, voice a confused hum, “Was…?”
“Nightmare, yup. And you weren’t letting me go.” Regan leans in enough to peck his nose, giving him a smirk, “And I really gotta pee, so y’know…”
That earns a chuckle, his grip tightening in a hug before releasing, allowing her to scramble away, “Well, regardless of motives… thanks.”
“Y’wanna talk about it, after?”
Regan leaves him to make her way to the washroom, taking care to navigate without bumping into corners or decorative plants - still getting used to the layout of the hotel room they’d been given for the interim - and returning as soon as she’s finished.
She’s honestly not surprised to find him passed out again, smirking and shaking her head as she crawls back into bed beside him.
Teegan’s nightmares have definitely been worse - he needs the sleep.
Better he gets the rest now, before we’re deployed to the Crucible Team. Regan snuggles back in against the chocolate-plated turian, humming when he immediately wraps an arm around her. Best we both get some rest...