Astoria feels helpless when Draco has nightmares.
He rarely talks about them and she doesn't press, knowing he doesn't want to relive them, though they must be truly horrid to make him wake up screaming for help. For a few seconds it's as if he doesn't know where he is, looking around in a panic while clenching the bedsheets in his hands until his knuckles turn white, only relaxing and falling back asleep after she brushes his hair away from his sweaty forehead and tells him he's home and safe.
Witch Weekly says it's important to give the man in your life space and to let him work through his problems before expecting him to open up, but Astoria can't help but feel like a bad wife for not asking him to talk about it. And it's not as if she doesn't have nightmares of her own; she was not even 16 when the Battle of Hogwarts happened. Her memories are frightening, and yet they are nothing compared to the two years of horror her husband went through.
Draco has hidden wounds that will probably never heal, and she has no idea how to help him.
So she just holds him tight, tells him she loves him and hopes it's enough.
A/N: Please review? I don't know if I should continue posting.