/Short drabble about my FF7 OC.

She sits alone on the bed, knees tucked under her chin, arms wrapped around her legs. Her eyes are closed as she listens to the silence in the dark room. Dark to most, but she can see in the dark. She wishes she couldn't though. She's seen things in the dark that turn her blood cold and haunt her dreams. It's why she tries to avoid sleep as much as possible, but she can't fight it forever.

She hears a rapid heartbeat, ragged breathing, hears screaming, calling for help, begging for it to stop. See's blood and fear and pain, feels it too, it just won't stop. She's trapped, can't move, wants to claw and pound at what has her, but she's immobile.

She's wants it to stop, wants to escape, to save her friend. Her throat burns as she realises the screaming is coming from her. She screams his name, and he turns to look at her, Crimson eyes meeting her Violet ones, and he calls her name. Over and over, but she can't get to him, can't move, can't breathe, darkness takes him and her, but she can still hear him calling too her...

Suddenly she's free, she can move and breathe, but there's still something holding her, she can still hear her name from his lips, closer now, by her ear. Her eyes snap open and she grasps at the arms holding her, gasping for breath and shaking. "Raine? It's ok, it was just a dream."

His deep voice rumbles through his chest, where he's holding her against him, stroking her hair. Her face is wet and her throat sore where she realises she'd been screaming his name. She'd fallen asleep.

She pulls away and looks up into those Crimson eyes, no longer full of fear but filled with concern, concern for her. It wasn't a dream... but a memory. Gently he moves to lay beside her, wrapping her back in his arms and holding her close. "Sleep, I'm here." He murmurs, and she rests against him.

Exhaustion finally wins and she sleeps; but this time the dreams stay away.