When Finn woke up to Marceline crying, floating a few feet away, at the sight of her red and reddened eyes, he threw his arms around her, pulled her into his lap, and let her cry into his chest, kissed the crown of her head. He let her sobs wrack through them both. When she was done, she pulled herself apart and wrapped her legs and arms around him, buried her face in his neck. He held her tighter.

It was even longer before she spoke. "I had a dream – a nightmare." She sucked in a breath. "Everyone was dead. PB, Rainicorn, Jake, Simon. Even you." She sobbed again.

"Marce, it's okay. They're all alive. I'm still alive. Ok?" She looked up fearfully, and he kissed her nose. She crinkled it in frustration. No matter how sad she was, he made her happy again.

"I know. But, vampires don't have dreams. We're dead. Ish." His look kept her talking. "But... demons do. They dream of the future."

"Prophecies? Really? So? Babe, I love you, but we've agreed. I won't be here forever, no matter how many debts Death and Cosmie owe me. I can rope out some extra years more, if you want them." She shook her head.

"It's not that. It's that... I was the one to do it, in the 'dream'." He smiled at her. She frowned.

"Babe, I don't care. Right now you're my Marce, my beautiful vampiric dame. I got nothing to worry about. S'kay. If I had to die, I'd want to die by someone I know anyway." She pushed away, suddenly angry.

"You don't get it, do you? You're so globbing stupid sometimes. Ugh." She tried to float up and away, but his strong arms kept her in his lap. "Fine," she sighed.

"Marce, I love you. Ok? It will be fine. Just like Jake's croak dream, it didn't come to pass. And I'll make sure it doesn't. Alright?" She shook her head. He cupped her cheek and kissed her, smiling against her frown. Eventually she relented.

"Alright. I trust you."

"I know."

And it was suddenly easy for them to get to sleep that night, cradled in each others arms.

Notes:

That was different. Not necessarily what I'm used to writing, in a way. This I may continue, even. It begs continuance.