NOCTURNAE
I'm awake again.
After... that... I don't think I'll ever sleep again.
No, back up. After that, I don't ever want to sleep again.
She snuggles closer to me, her hair tickling my neck and she sighs something which sounds suspiciously like she's worrying about her finals that she's going to ace. I told her that over and over, but she worries so much that she doesn't believe me.
That's right, Sam, think about that. Think about her. Don't think about...
Don't think about...
I pull her closer and rest my cheek on her hair. Her arms go around me in her sleep and she mumbles that it's going to be okay.
I whisper that I know it will and drop a kiss onto her head. I stare into the darkness as she grows heavy in my arms, completely asleep again.
I never want to sleep again.
Because sleep means dreaming and dreaming means... seeing that again.
I don't ever want to see that again.
I don't ever want to watch her burn.
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