@jaervis - caring ! ↳ “ it’s safe here . ”
SHE TELLS HERSELF THEY’RE NOT REAL NIGHTMARES , usually in the very same breath she hopes for good dreams . it’s casual hypocrisy , to deny she can is to ensure it won’t happen . usually .
jarvis is next to her when she needs him , like he always knows when she’s in trouble . grace wakes with a half - scream , half - choke on useless air . her chest hurts --- why ?
she feels fear , she knows fear and it’s not like this nightmare’s never happened before . but every time she’s lay in the dark and stared at the ceiling , she’s done so alone .
but grace doesn’t even have the option to suffer in silence , she’s grabbed in a most familiar way and pulled against a plastic chest . he’s warm , not quite home yet but he could be .
❝ i’m fine , i’m fine , i’m fine . ❞ though he respectfully disagrees . grace isn’t about to be let go , she realizes with a long and somewhat thankful sigh . after a moment or two , she puts her forehead to his shoulder . ❝ i didn’t mean to wake you . ❞
