It has been a while I know I suck and I'm technically a day late gomen. I'll post 2 chapters at once tomorrow lmao.
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Day 1 Prompt Whispers:
Lucy often talked while she slept, soft words spoken most frequently to darkness and that no ears ever perceived. She had had this habit since youth, an odd tick that never seemed to go away throughout the passage of time. Lucy thought of it little, she never remembered the things she said whilst the snoozed and for a long time it affected no one except Plue who occasionally slept alongside his master. It wasn't until Gray started sleeping over did the habit ever come up in conversation.
For a long while Gray said nothing, the things Lucy spoke in the wee hours nothing more than blather and meaningless chatter. Odd things like, 'why does that orange have legs?' or 'where is that silly rabbit going?'. Cute little nuances that fell from her lips during rather eventful dreams. Why bother embarrassing his girlfriend over something so petty anyways? It didn't stay like this though, as weeks spent together turned into months Gray heard much more unpleasant things.
One night he awoke, limbs tangled with the blonde's, as her tears leaked onto his shoulder, soft whimpers falling past her quivering lips. For a prolonged moment Gray lay there motionless, staring at her pinched expression, pained deeply even in slumber.
"Please don't leave," Lucy whispered into his chest, her closed lips fluttering. 'Don't leave me behind."
A pang of sorrow laced through Gray's chest as the arm which had been underneath her pulled her closer to his chest, head tucked under his chin.
"Luce-" he breathed into her ear, "wake up, it's alright."
Thick lashes opened slowly, dazed momentarily before looking up to meet his. A furrow of the brows as Lucy blinked the dust away.
"Gray? Was I-" She trailed off, the hollowness of her eyes answer enough.
Gentle fingers brushed flyaway hairs from her moist cheeks, trailing once over her lips, then nose, then each eyebrow; with a caress so light it send shivers down Lucy's spine.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you I just-" Lucy began, eyes falling from his.
Gray looked at her, he could barely make her out in the tarry darkness, her hair still held a warm2 shimmer, collecting starlight from outside the bedroom window. She always apologized for things she needn't too. It was one of her most endearing qualities but it also weakened her, this wasn't her fault.
"Everyone has their ghosts, skeletons they wish to hide." Gray whispered to her, hands falling to her thighs, fingers thrumming on her warmed flesh. "Don't apologize for those."
A flash of light in her eyes, a ragged inhale of breath then a pause.
"Thank you." She breathed softly, head falling forward, forehead resting against this collarbone. "Sometimes I forget I'm no longer alone."
Tugging her into his chest Gray ran his hands down his arms then laid several prolonged kisses to her forehead before his attention fell to her lips, kissing her tenderly.
"So do I."