Nick once again emerged from his bed, drenched in sweat. His breathing was irregular and turned to put on his bedside light. Kevin groaned in his bed, opposite Nick.
"What're you doing?" he asked, voice cracking. Nick was sitting bolt upright in his bed looking at Kevin.
"Did you have another wet dream, Nick?" Joe asked, half asleep, adjacent to Nick in his bed. Nick shook his head and didn't even bother replying.
He turned back to Kevin, "I had another nightmare," he confessed meekly.
Kevin said nothing but pulled back his duvet to reveal a Nick shaped space in his bed. Nick smiled and bounced out to bed towards Kevin. He crawled into bed beside his brother, they both relaxed into a spoon position.
Kevin put his arms around his little brother and kissed that spot behind his ear, brushing the fringe out of his eyes.
"Love you, Nicky," he whispered in his brothers ear
"Love you, K2," Nick smiled, "Kev?" he asked
"Mhm," Kevin murmured in his sleep
"Why do you always let me sleep in your bed?"
"We're brothers, we're inseparable," Kevin replied, muffling into his pillow.
