A/N: Originally written for a challenge/prompt 'Haunted' over at the ARC.

Hasn't been beta'd but I don't think it's too bad. Let me know if you spot any errors, please XD

Enjoy!


Haunted

Jenny will never tell anyone, but, late at night, Nick talks in his sleep. She's a light sleeper, so he never fails to wake her. She doubts he knows he does it.

Sometimes he cries out wildly for Stephen, and Jenny has to hold him to calm him down.

Sometimes he carries on conversations with himself about his work.

Sometimes he whispers her name, his lips forming a soft smile around the words, like just thinking it pleases him.

Those are the times when Jenny sinks into the mattress, forcing herself to be as small as she feels, and wondering if Claudia Brown will haunt them both forever.