Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be, but oh how I wish it was.
This is my first shot at fanfic, and I am nervous. I know the nightmare thing has been done before, but promise it isn't the main storyline. Let me know what you think, and what you want to see! Thanks! New chapters will be up soon!
Nightmares are a normal thing for him, but that's not what has woke him up tonight. Laying as still as possible to take in the surroundings he's listening. No one is in the house, a small relief he doesn't know if he can live through that terror again. He hears it again. A small shriek. Uncovering himself he slides his feet into his house shoes. He had never had house shoes before Sharon, just one more thing that he has to be grateful for. As he slowly opens the door he hears it again and he knows instantly that it is Sharon. His Sharon. Is she in trouble?
As he creeps to her room, and slowly opens the door he sees her tossing and moving as though she's fighting someone. Could this be real, Sharon is a tower of strength never faltering even when he throws his worst at her. He slowly moves over toward her bed, thinking to himself that he has never been this far into her room. Usually he just hovers at the door when he talks to her while she's in her room. She really does deserve better than what he has given her. Now that he has reached the bed what should he do. He doesn't want to startle her, but he doesn't want her to suffer anymore of whatever this nightmare is she is having.
With a nervous shaky hand he decides to rub her arm like she does to him sometimes to wake him up. She is instantly awake and jumping at the unfamiliar touch. Before he knows what he's doing he reaches his arms out saying, "Sharon, it's ok I'm here." She doesn't even hesitate just returns the hug. That is something he will never get used to that she is willing to love him and expect nothing in return. They just sit there cradling each other for a moment, then he pulls away asking, "Are you ok?" He can tell by the look in her eyes that she isn't, but she says, "I'm fine now. You ok?"
He nods his head wondering if there is something else he should say, but instead just looks away from her and starts to make his way back to his room. When he is almost to the door Sharon says, "thank you Rusty." He gives her a sheepish grin and leaves quickly. Back in the safety of his own bed he wonders how he got lucky enough to have Sharon find him and take him in. His mind still turning around the idea if he really can love two people the same, he falls into a restful sleep.
Sharon is still in shock, but can't decide if it is from the dream or from Rusty. She's known for a while now that she loves him like a son, but tries not to push it on him. Her feelings are her own and he has had so much pushed on him since a very young age. it breaks her heart just to think about it. Tonight was something new for the both of them. He came to comfort her. Most nights she hears him having nightmares and sneaks into his room to comfort him. She doesn't think that he knows she's there half the time. Usually all it takes is her to lay a hand on his back and he goes back into a peaceful sleep. She wonders if tonight will effect him now that he knows they have something in common. If it does she hopes it is for the better. Her son, oops she thinks, Rusty is strong and doesn't like anyone to think he isn't. She sees him for who he is, a 16-year-old who wants someone to love him, but let's him think all of it is on his terms.
There is a certain approach that must be taken with Rusty, and tomorrow she is going to have to be very careful because there's big news. This news is the reason for her nightmare tonight, and she prays that it won't be the cause of his in the future. But for tonight she can't let it intrude on anymore sleep. Tomorrow she will tell him.