"No!"

"Stop!"

"HELP-"

"Blaine!"

The small dark-haired boy shook the other, attempting to quiet the older boy's cries as he grabbed at his brothers shaking shoulders and shook them, whispering his name harshly.

"Wake up Blaine!" He whispered at his brother, the older sibling panting heavily and thrashing around, tangling the blankets around his small legs.

"BLAINE!" He nearly yelled into the other boy's ear, causing Blaine's eyes to dart open and sit immediately, yelling words Shane's eyes weren't keen enough to pick up on. Blaine whipped his arms around, causing Shane to dunk right in time to narrowly miss a slap on the face and fall off of the bed and onto the padded carpet.

"Shane?" Blaine asked breathlessly a moment later, his voice an octave higher than usual.

"Oww…." Shane groaned, picking himself off of the ground after a moment. Clenching his arm to his chest he stood, and climbed onto the bed.

"What happened?" Blaine asked, glanced around the room, his panicked eyes bouncing off of the walls like tennis balls.

"I think you had a nightmare" Shane said once situated underneath the bed's comforters and comfortable laying next to his older brother, facing him as he talked.

"So whatcha dream about?" Shane asked curiously, propping himself up on his elbow and staring at his brother as he waited for his answer.

Blaine grew quiet, only a muffled whimper coming out from under the pile of blankets when Shane poked him harshly in the ribs.

"Just…stuff"

Shane gave his older-by-11-months brother a look.

"Really"

Blaine finally looked up at Shane, seeming at the moment like the younger brother with his watery eyes, curled-up form, and bright red lips from the constant stressed biting. Blaine's eyes had small rivers running down from his face, his eyelashes glossed down with tears "Scary Stuff" Blaine clarified.

Shane stared at him for a moment before deciding to let it go. He turned over and swung his legs over the Queen sized bed, his bare feet unable to reach the plush carpet.

Just before Shane was going to jump down and patter down to his own room, a hand emerged from the pile of blankets and grabbed his wrist "Wait!"

"Can you just…uh…like stay here for a while?" Blaine asked embarrassed

Shane smiled and dove back down into the blankets and pillows, pressing his cold feet against Blaine's leg, making him jump from the unexpected coldness.

"G'Night Shane"

"G'Night Blainers"