Title: Brace
FF7
Drabble
Rating: PG
Summary: Cloud has nightmares, Vincent
mothers. shifty eyes
Pairing: CidxVin, Vin-Cloud
"It's burning in here." His eyes were wild, sweat soaked hair spiderwebbing the pillow. "God, get me out. It's on fire. It's burning..."
Vincent pulled the sheets over Cloud's shoulders, ignoring the panicked gaze flicking over his face, feeling the boy shiver under his fingers. Nightmares, he knew, were something he could not help with; he could merely sit by and suffer along.
Cloud twisted over, sobbing, legs tangling in the sheets. Vincent reached patient fingers down and loosed the blankets from around flailing ankles.
"Why the hell don't you just wake him up?" Cid's rough voice came from across the hotel room, harsh from lack of sleep and annoyance. Vincent crooked a half smile, patting Cloud's back, hair, shoulder. Smoothing his shirt back down torso, pulling the sheet back up once again. Cloud was sleeping now, long, slow breaths catching slightly from his sobs, cheeks flushed.
Vincent stood up. "No need to. He's done." For tonight, anyway.
Cid grunted, irritated, and lifted the blanket, Vincent settling under his arm. "Get to sleep, dammit. Long day." And with that, Cid fell asleep, snoring and warm, stubble itching the back of Vincent's back.
Nightmares are never quite as bad, he knew, with someone to help you through them.