Author: Eilidh17
Category: Gen
Warnings: Angst
Spoiler: Fallen
Feedback: Yes please
Written for the Stargate Drabble List challenge – write the first thing that pops into your mind when you read the phrase – The Cry of the Night.
Night Terrors
Every night was the same. His cries swept over the village waking everyone from their slumber. No-one complained or ever sought out the man in the light of day to express their dissatisfaction.
Why would they?
He wasn't responsible for his terrors. He could no more prevent them than stop them, and this the villagers knew.
Shamda regarded the man in his tortured sleep. Eyes darting beneath their hoods, hands gripping his covering tightly, Arrom's expression screamed pain as he slipped into another nightmare.
What the conscious mind couldn't recall, the subconscious could. Arrom's dreams were his own private torment.
End