omg your requests are open! I srsly love your work
For a bit of context, I get really bad nightmares, mainly about my friends. They’ve never done anything to make me get these, it just kinda happens, and usually all I need to do is talk to them about it and the fear feeling goes away.
Could I request Leona, Azul and Tweels x gn!Yuu where Yuu gets nightmares about them and goes to them for comfort? Mainly angst and hurt/comfort. Nightmares can be about anything, I just need the platonic cuddlessss
Where the Cold Can’t Reach
a/n: I'm crying my requests were only closed for two weeks, thank you for the long wait though and thanks for loving my work!! I’m sorry this was supposed to be posted 3 days ago but I wasn’t feeling like myself so I went back and re-edited this myself and posted it now
warnings: hurt/comfort(angst), platonic fic, reader is Yuu
wc: 2k
The heavy wooden door of the Savanaclaw housewarden’s room yielded with a low, agonizing creak that felt loud enough to wake the entire dorm. You slipped inside, closing it soundlessly behind you, the icy aftershock of the nightmare still clinging to your chest like frost. In the dream, the dry, cracking sand of the valley had swallowed everything—the sun, the dorm, and Leona himself, crumbling into ash while you pulled at his sleeves, helpless.
The room smelled of leather, dry grass, and the faint, dusty heat that Leona seemed to radiate even in his sleep. He was sprawled across his oversized bed, one long leg tangled in the heavy furs, his tail twitching faintly against the mattress. You didn't mean to hover, but the moment your bare foot shifted on the floorboards, a dark, slit-pupiled eye cracked open in the shadow of his messy dark hair.
"The hell are you doing creeping around at this hour, herbivore?" His voice was a gravelly, low rumble, thick with sleep and laced with his usual irritation. He turned his head away, burying his nose back into the pillow. "If it has anything remotely to do with work, can’t it wait till morning?"
"Leona..." Your voice cracked, barely a whisper, but it made his tail freeze mid-swish.
He stayed still for a beat before slowly rolling onto his back, arm thrown over his forehead as he squinted through the gloom at you. He took in the way your shoulders were hitched up to your ears, the slight tremble in your hands, and the pale, wide-eyed look you were wearing. A heavy sigh rattled in his chest, blowing a loose lock of hair off his face. He didn't ask what happened; Leona hated useless lingering on bad feelings, his own or anyone else's. Instead, he simply swung his arm off his face and slapped the empty space on the mattress beside him, hard enough to stir the dust.
"You're drafty standing by the door," he grunted, closing his eyes again. "Get in or get out."
You didn't need to be told twice. You scrambled up onto the massive bed, sinking into the plush furs and curling up against his side. The sheer heat radiating off him was an instant anchor against the cold knot in your stomach. Leona let out a discontented click of his tongue at your stiff posture, but without opening his eyes, he reached out, grabbed the back of your collar, and pulled you bodily against his chest. His heavy arm flopped over your waist, pinning you securely in place like a weighted blanket.
"Quit shaking. You're making the bed vibrate," he muttered, his deep voice vibrating right through his ribs into yours. "Nothing's coming in here unless its some idot. Sleep." You buried your face against his shoulder, letting the rhythmic beat of his heart and the heavy, solid weight of his arm wash away the lingering shadows of the dream. Leona didn't say another word, but his tail curled casually over your ankles, dropping its lazy weight over you until your breathing finally matched his own steady, deep rhythm.
The light beneath the door of the housewarden's private quarters was still shining, a thin golden strip cutting through the dim hallway of Octavinelle. You knocked softly, three hesitant taps, praying he wasn't in the middle of an urgent late-night tally of the Mostro Lounge's profits. The vision of him disappearing beneath black, murky waters, dragged down by heavy ink-stained chains while you reached frantically from the surface, was still burning behind your eyelids.
The door swung open to reveal Azul, perfectly dressed down to his waistcoats, though his necktie was slightly loosened and his glasses sat low on his nose. He blinked at you in genuine astonishment, a stack of ledger sheets held mid-turn in his hands.
"[Name]? Good heavens, do you have any idea what time—" He cut himself off as his sharp, observant eyes mapped the distress on your face. The rehearsed, polished smile he usually wore slipped away entirely, replaced by a slight, concerned knit of his brows. "Are you injured? Has someone caused trouble again?"
"No," you managed, wrapping your arms around yourself. "Just... a bad dream. I couldn't stay in Ramshackle."
Azul stared for a moment, visibly processing the unfamiliar request. He adjusted his glasses, looking thoroughly out of his element as he stepped back to let you enter. "A nightmare? I see. Well, I suppose I could brew some herbal tea—chamomile, perhaps? Or I could draft a small charm of—"
Before he could finish his analytical checklist, you walked right up to him and leaned your forehead against his chest, clutching at the soft fabric of his vest. Azul went instantly rigid, his hands flying up into the air as if holding invisible trays, his posture locking into absolute, flustered rigidity.
"[N-Name]! What is the meaning of—"
"Please, Azul. Just a minute," you murmured, your voice muffled against his clothes.
He stood frozen for a few long seconds, his mind clearly racing through a dozen social protocols and business strategies, before he let out a soft, resigned exhale. The tension drained from his shoulders. Carefully, almost clumsily, his hands lowered. He patted your upper back with a stiff, rhythmically awkward cadence, like a man trying to soothe a delicate piece of magical glass.
"Really, you are entirely too sentimental," he chided softly, though the sharpness was completely gone from his tone. He carefully steered you toward the plush velvet lounge sofa in the corner of his office, sitting down beside you and allowing you to curl right against his side. He pulled a plush throw blanket over your shoulders, arranging it with meticulous care.
Azul kept one arm carefully resting behind your shoulders, offering a firm, steady anchor while he held a document in his other hand, resuming his reading in a low, quiet hum. "If you must stay, you will listen to me review tomorrow's inventory list. The sound of standard economics is proven to induce drowsiness." His tone was strictly business, but the gentle, rhythmic stroke of his thumb against your shoulder as he read off numbers of coffee beans and syrup bottles was the warmest, most reassuring thing in the world.
The Octavinelle dorm was dead silent at two in the morning, save for the faint, atmospheric murmur of the underwater glass walls. When you knocked on Jade's door, it opened almost instantly, as if he had been standing right behind it. Jade stood in the doorway, clad in his neat dark pajamas, his expression mild and polite, though his heterochromatic eyes immediately locked onto yours with terrifying keenness.
"My, my, [Name]. Walking the halls at such an hour?" His tone was soft, dripping with his usual courteous cadence, but as he took in your pale complexion and the tremor in your hands, his posture shifted. In your nightmare, Jade’s polite smile had twisted into something unrecognizably cold as he turned his back on you, walking into a abyss where you couldn't follow.
"Ah," Jade murmured softly, stepping aside and making a graceful gesture into his room. "A night terror, I presume? Come in. The tiles out there are far too cold for bare feet."
His room was meticulously organized, dim blue light filtering in from the aquarium glass. Jade guided you to a small daybed tucked into the corner, insisting you sit down while he poured a glass of ambient-temperature water from a glass carafe. He handed it to you, watching intently as you took a few small sips.
"Better?" he asked softly, sitting on the edge of the bed beside you.
"Jade... can I just... stay here for a bit?" you asked, pulling your knees up to your chest. "I don't want to be alone right now."
A gentle, genuinely fond expression touched his features—not his sharp, scheming smile, but the quiet one he reserved for rare moments of true tranquility. "Of course. It would be my pleasure to assist you."
He shifted, leaning back against the headboard and lifting his arm in an silent invitation. You immediately moved closer, leaning your head against his chest and resting your arm across his waist. Jade pulled a thick quilt over the both of you, his long fingers gently smoothing down your messy hair with painstaking, delicate patience.
"There is nothing in the dark here that can harm you, [Name]," Jade whispered, his voice a low, soothing purr that vibrated softly against your cheek. "I assure you, if anything unpleasant dared to intrude upon your rest tonight, I would make very certain it regretted the attempt quite thoroughly."
The dark, subtle threat in his voice should have been alarming, but coming from Jade, it felt like an impenetrable fortress. You closed your eyes, listening to the slow, perfectly measured beat of his heart, completely safe in the shadow of his quiet vigil.
Floyd didn't answer his door when you knocked—he simply opened it by accident as he was wandering out into the hallway to grab a late-night snack. He loomed over you, towering in his oversized lounge shirt, his hair a chaotic nest.
"Eeeh? [Name]?" Floyd blinked down at you, his golden eye widening slightly as he leaned down until his face was just inches from yours, studying your expression like a curious child looking at a strange bug. "What're you doing? You look like a squished jellyfish. Why're your eyes all watery?"
"I had a nightmare, Floyd," you breathed, exhausted and overwhelmed. In the dream, Floyd had stretched out his long arms and pushed you away into the deep ocean, laughing as you sank.
Floyd’s face instantly dropped its lazy, dopey expression. A sudden, sharp dark look crossed his features—he hated seeing his favorite people looking miserable. "Haaah? A dream made you look like that? That's stupid."
Before you could apologize or turn around to leave, Floyd reached out with both long arms, wrapped them around your waist, and hoisted you completely off your feet. You gasped as he spun around, carried you into his room like a oversized sack of flour, and flopped backward onto his unmade, massive bed, bringing you down right on top of his chest.
"Shut up, I'm squishing you," Floyd grunted, wrapping his long legs around yours and lacing his arms tightly around your back, trapping you in a suffocatingly tight, octopus-like hug. He rested his heavy chin right on top of your head, swaying his upper body side to side on the mattress in a lazy, rhythmic motion. "If I squeeze you hard enough, the bad dream gets popped out like a bubble. Puuuush."
He squeezed slightly tighter, just enough to make you puff out a breath, but the sheer, ridiculous physically of it instantly shattered the lingering terror of the nightmare. It was impossible to feel frightened or isolated when you were being held in a literal human vice grip by someone who acted like a oversized, moody sea creature.
"Floyd, I can barely breathe," you wheezed, though you couldn't help the small laugh that bubbled up in your throat.
"Good. That means it's working," Floyd chuckled, his mood instantly swinging back to bright and cheerful. He loosened his grip just a fraction, resting his hands heavily on your back, his steady breathing lifting you up and down. "Stay still, [Name]. You're warm, like a sunbathing turtle. We're sleeping now."
You let out a long, contented breath, burying your face in his shirt as Floyd continued his lazy, swaying rhythm, completely walling you off from the dark with his ridiculous, unshakeable presence.
a/n: hope you’ve found a way to deal with the nightmares you’re experiencing anon, nobody deserves to experience them.
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