Souls

By Mizuki

Dreams


Our son has always been a bit withdrawn. Well, no, not always. Up till he was about four he was the sweetest, happiest and warmest little boy I have ever seen.

Then the nightmares began.

He woke up every night, screaming and trashing, and would not calm down until I cradled him in my arms and told him that everything was going to be all right. When the nightmares continued and Sean started throwing tantrums at the mere mention of going to bed, we took him to a psychiatrist.

The boogeyman we could handle.

But he was dreaming about blood.


A/N: At first I thought the drabble about Sean/Kenshin's parents would be a stand-alone, but then I realized that I couldn't just leave it at that. The trouble with Kenshin and parents is that he doesn't have any. The same goes for Kaoru. But Sean and Katie had never been orphaned... Would their families change them? How would their previous lives affect their relationship with their parents? Those thoughts kept nagging me and without thinking I just kept writing and writing... And so the parents became a major part of the story. I hope you'll enjoy it :P

Thanks go to caseyedith, SRAS9, Emi Violet and Houkanno Yuuhou :) Thank you guys so much :)