Frozen. She can't run. The monster is behind her. She knows if he gets close enough he will reach over her shoulder, put his hand inside of her chest, and rip her heart out. Can't make a fist. She tries to bat her hands at the monster. 'No! No! Don't come near me! No!' she yells. He is coming closer 'No! No!'.
'No!' she shouted as she woke up.
Deep breath. Just a dream. It's just a dream. She sighed and rolled over to look at the clock. 12:30am. It's going to be a long night.
'Kensi? Are you ok?' Deeks opened the bedroom door 'Kensi?'
The light from the living room shone behind Deeks. She doesn't need to see his face to know he's concerned. Kensi sat up in bed and switched on the bedside lamp. She looked back over her shoulder at him. 'I'm fine. Bad dream' shrugging the nightmare away.
He walked in and sat on the bed next to her 'Mmmm. Ok'. He paused before choosing his next words. Kensi seemed a little off-centre. 'Do you want to talk about it?' he asked.
'No, it's silly' Kensi shook her head. 'Just a bad dream. Maybe I shouldn't eat chocolate bars before bed?' she waved his concern away.
'Do want a glass of water?'
'Good idea.' She walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen. Walking away was one way to avoid the conversation. He followed her in to the kitchen. Kensi will talk when she's ready and she didn't appear to be ready to talk about it right now.
'Wanna watch TV with me for a few minutes?' pointing his thumb back behind him to the couch in the living room.
They sat down to watch a late night talk show. He threw a blanket over their legs, put his arm around her, and pulled her into his chest. For 15 minutes they sat in silence watching TV. Kensi shuddered, closed her eyes, and snuggled in closer into Deeks' chest.
'I got you. You're safe' He rubbed his hand in circles on her back to soothe her.
He threw the blanket off them when the TV show ended. 'Ready for bed?' he asked.
She nodded and headed to the kitchen for another glass of water before going back to bed. He joined her in bed. She turned off the bedside lamp and cuddled into him.
Deeks pulled her close and kissed her forehead 'I've got you, baby'.
THE END