She didn't understand why it happened nearly every night. But it did, and Nina Rutter could do nothing about it. They told each other everything from the minute they were reunited their senior year at Anubis, but Fabian refused to fill her in on what occurred the one term where she couldn't be beside him no matter how much she wanted to.
Yet again come that chilly November night in England, Fabian tossed and turned in his sleep as if fighting for his life by the dream he was having. Nina immediately awoke by his movements beside her, and as she had done various times before she gently shook the brunette awake hoping not to make things worse. Just as his eyes began to flutter open, Nina caught sight of their three year old daughter Sarah with her thumb in her mouth standing in the hallway where Nina had left the bedroom door open by mistake.
"Mummy, is daddy okay?" Sarah asked innocently coming to her mother's side, her sparkling green eyes showing her concern.
"Yes sweetie daddy's fine..go on back to sleep." answered Nina soothingly as she gave her daughter a hug and Sarah made her way back to room without another word.
"I woke Sarah up didn't I?" Fabian stated with guilt as he watched the three year old leave. "I'm sorry Nins."
"It's not your fault, I left the door open..what were you dreaming about anyways?" Nina responded softly not wanting to upset him.
"Same as always..don't worry about me Nina I'm fine, really."
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it Fabian, you've had the same nightmares for a while now I just want to help you..you know that right?"
"I know.." Fabian replied quietly as if the guilt from before returned by her statement. "..you remember how Sibuna told you what happened the term you couldn't come back?"
Nina nodded and waited for him to continue, but he seemed hesitant to tell her what had been bothering him for so long.
"Well when Robert came after Sibuna for sinners, he tricked me into being one of them and I just can't help but feel like the near end of the world as we knew it and leaving Sibuna to fix it was all my fault." Fabian confessed.
"You weren't the only one he turned into a sinner remember..Alfie, Patricia, Victor, even Mr. Sweet fell for his tricks!" put in Nina. "You weren't yourself Fabian..he made you into something you would never be..and when you're ready to tell me what happens in the nightmares, I'll be here ready to listen."
"You really want to know?" Fabian choked out with a sadness in his voice.
"Only if you feel like telling me." answered Nina simply.
"Okay...in that moment when I was in the sarcophagus I saw how the world was going to change once Robert released Ammut..he found you back in America and he k-killed you right in front of m-me which released me from his control but it was too late to s-save you.."
"Fabian..I'm right here..Robert was returned to normal and so were all of the people he took control of..it's all over okay?" Nina replied calmly. "The nightmares didn't happen..they only haunted you because you felt guilty but you're the same Fabian I fell in love with before all that happened."
"T-Thanks Nina."
"You would've done the same for me, now try to get some sleep..I'm not going anywhere I'll be right here when you wake up." Nina responded.
Fabian slowly returned to sleep and for the first time in what felt like ages to him, the nightmares didn't come again. Although they did have an occasional appearance from time to time, now he didn't feel as guilty as he had before. All he needed to know was that it was just in his head, and that Nina was right beside him through every one.
Just an idea for a one-shot I had :) Let me know what you guys think of it. :D