Alice lay in Otis's arms that night drenched in the moonlight coming through the window, their legs tangled together underneath the orange sheets. He had called her 'His girl' she breathed a happy sigh and snuggled closer she was his girl and he was her man and despite Otis's disturbing sadistic nature she knew she was really lucky to have him, she knew the caring sweet lovely man he really was behind that hard exoskeleton. He didn't have a nightmare that night she liked to think that it was because she was cuddled up close next to him but she was glad that for once he could have a nice sleep. She loved how sweet he was, he always downplayed any good thing he did for her making out it was nothing, she loved how he blushed when she complimented him or how nervous he got sometimes the real Otis was nothing like the dominant male ego hard ass he made himself out to be in front of everyone else.

Her thoughts were disrupted by Otis giving a sleepy groan and snuggled up closer to her; Alice lowered her head and kissed his forehead. Otis gave a sleepy grumble and rubbed his eyes looking up at her.

"Mmm hay mama" Otis mumbled kissing her neck, Alice purred. "Can't sleep mama?" Alice shook her head.

"I was thinking about today I had such a good time"

"Good" He mumbled to busy kissing her neck.

"You called me your girl?" It was more of a statement than a question.

"Isn't that what you are, don't you wanna be my girl?" Otis looked up at her with a face of hurt.

"No, no not like that of course I do, It's just that, well that made me so happy" Alice gushed.

"S'nothing I'd do anything to make you happy" Otis shrugged.

"Why did you call all your art work shit at the museum I can see years of hard work in that place?"

"Just didn't think you'd be interested in that kinda crap" Otis mumbled wondering why they are having this conversation so late at night.

"But it's not crap Otis you made it you have such good talent I wish you could see how wonderful you are"

"Always been told I'm crap and not worth shit" Otis shrugged he had been told it so long he knew it must be true.

"Otis no" She whispered "You are sweet and wonderful and talented and handsome and God you're just Otis everything about you is amazing"

"Mama we need to take you to see Doctor Satan think you've lost your mind" He chuckled.

"Otis stop that" She laughed "Just take the complement and see your worth you are my Otis and I love you" She said kissing his cheek.

"And you're my girl Mama" He mumbled snuggling up closer to her trying to drift back to sleep, she loved Otis when he was sleepy he looked so adorable and sweet.

The next time Otis and Alice went into town he began to feel more confident, he knew Alice loved him and he began to feel loved by a sexy girl which was more than what half the people had in that shit hole of a town. When all of a sudden they encountered the same lads that they had met the last time they had gone into town, Otis instantly put his head down taking Alice's advice of not resorting to violence if he didn't have to, he knew he could put up with their insults it wasn't anything he hadn't heard before from his parents when he was younger.

"Hay freak, hay freak I'm talking to you, you come back for more? Hay girl change your mind after all?" The men taunted. Otis did as she said and kept his head down and didn't retaliate.

"God boy you walk like you got a stick up your ass, what your dad fuck you as a kid or what?" The men laughed. Otis never saw Alice move so quick, he literally saw a cloud of dust where Alice used to be, she moved that fast he didn't even have time to react to stop her. Alice charged at the man and pushed him against the brick wall of a shop, the man groaned in pain as his back hit the brick.

"Now listen here fucker this man right here is more of a man than you will ever fucking be, and I've fucked his so called freaky cock more times than you will be fucked in your life" Alice snarled, the man whimpered in fear at her.

"Now I want you to fucking apologise or I swear to God your teeth will be spread across the pavement" She pulled him forward and slammed him hard against the wall again.

"Ahh, ahh alright shit I'm, I'm sorry man" He cried out feeling his back becoming bruised.

"Better" She grinned, suddenly her fist connected violently to the side of the man's face the other men gasped and took a step back, the man fell to the floor and the sound of tiny tinkling followed as something small hit the pavement. Without saying a word she walked away taking Otis by the hand and carried on walking.

As they carried on walking Otis looked down at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Mama what the hell was that? I thought 'we don't have to resort to violence if it wasn't necessary'" He said mocking her voice, Alice gave a chuckle at the funny impersonation he did of her.

"Yeah, well, no one talks about my baby like that" Alice fumed.

"But, but its true mama" He stuttered face embarrassed looking ashamed to admit it.

"I know it's fucking true and that's what pissed me off making a joke about something like that" Alice huffed her face red with anger. Otis reached up and touched her cheeks.

"You're cute when you're mad you know that?" He smiled, Alice smiled her anger seemed to melt away seeing that goofy smile.

"You're my Otis it pisses me off hearing people take the piss out of you" She fumed.

"It's alright mama I'm used to it" He soothed kissing her forehead.
"Yeah well you shouldn't be" She snapped "You're my lovely sweet Otis and I'll always stick up for you" Otis chuckled and pulled her close to him.
"You really are my fire breathing dragon protector ain't you mama"

"Not that you need protecting" She chuckled she knew as well as he did that he could take care of himself.

It wasn't a surprise to Alice that evening when she was woken up with a knee in her spine from Otis flaying through a nightmare.

"Shhhh, shhhh Otis it's ok, you're safe" She soothed stroking his damp hair away from his sweaty hot red face. Otis made a pitiful whimpering noise as Alice touched him it broke her heart.

"Shhh come back to me baby" He looked so scared and frightened she would never have thought that such a blood thirsty killer would be haunted so much by his past. Otis gasped and sat up bolt upright panting out of breath and sweating.

"Baby you ok?" It was a stupid question but she didn't know what else to say, she knew he probably felt embarrassed or ashamed having a nightmare in front of her, Otis slowly nodded she knew he wasn't so she just pulled him close and they lay in silence her holding him close to her stroking his hair.

"You, you know you can talk to me about the nightmares" Otis shook his head.

"Uh uh no chance" Otis said outright, Alice sighed guessing that he didn't trust her to be in that part of his life yet.

"Otis I won't judge you, I, I just want to help I thought maybe talking about it to someone may help" She said taking a hand in his as they lay tangled up together, Otis sighed she was so stubborn it was almost like looking at a female version of himself.

"Fine, look it was just a stupid nightmare alright dad playing his stupid games"

"What, what happened?" She asked but she wasn't sure if she wanted to know the answer.

"Dad he, he used to assault me a lot this, this one time I was fast asleep my dad came in my bedroom and made me suck him off, I heard my mum and dad arguing the next day because my dad hadn't woken her up so she could watch"

"Oh, oh baby was, was that your nightmare?" She asked horrified, Otis slowly nodded he looked ashamed. "If, if you don't want to be with me no more I understand I'm disgusting I know" Otis mumbled sadly turning away from her. Alice put her hand on his shoulder, his back was towards him.

"Otis no never you're not disgusting your dad is disgusting to have done that to you if you're trying to push me away just tell me to go but I won't leave unless you want me to"

"I, I don't want you to go" He stuttered.
"Then don't try and make me leave just because you think I will leave you eventually I love my Otis I'll never leave you" She smiled Otis turned round and looked at her.

"Really mama?"

"Of course you are capable of being loved you know and I never want to leave you"
"Me too mama me too" Alice gave a big smile and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips, true he hadn't been able to say he loved her too but he had admitted to her that he felt the same way and loved her too.

"Mmmm my baby girl, always there for me" He mumbled snuggling up to her sleepily falling asleep, meanwhile Alice was on cloud nine he hadn't said it but he had agreed that he felt the same as her and loved her too which was all she had ever wanted.