She feels it before she sees it, the change in the atmosphere is a slight adjustment, it wouldn't have been felt by someone who wasn't as close to her as she was. It was enough to bring a ripple to her own calm dreams, and her eyes open quickly to see what has caused such unseen distress.
Her sister is asleep next to her, theres nothing in their room that could have possibly brought about the fearful emotion she was giving off to those directly around her, and she watched her carefully. Her eyes were flitting behind her closed eyelids, as though looking at a picture she wouldn't bare witness to, and her fingers clutched, flexing, at the blanket curled around her shoulders. She just watches her sister for a long moment, wondering if she'll pull herself out of whatever is causing this sudden change in mood, and then she whimpered, and Gzel was sure that she needed help pulling herself out of whatever had trapped her.
The unstable angel slowly pushed the blankets back, and slowly willed herself out of bed, bending slightly at the waist, she pulled herself up to her feet and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
Their companion, the one that gave them hope, that gave them family, slept in the bed next to theirs. On his side, facing away from them, curled under the blankets, snoring softly as he slept.
Crossing around the beds, to the side he faced, Gzel rubbed a hand over her forehead and collapsed on the side of the bed. It startled him awake, he jumped up at the sudden shake of his bed, and rubbed sleep from his eyes in confusion when Gzel reached up to tug at his tunic.
"Yes, G, what can I do for you?"
She points at him, or more aptly, to the one behind him. "Rio's having a nightmare."
"What?" He turns to look over at his other girl. She doesn't move, but he can see the muscles constricting and releasing, she's tense from whatever plagues her mind. He stares at her a moment, and nods his head slightly, he knew this was a thing when he took them in. "You sleep here, alright?"
"Okay Ak."
The Virtue rolled off the other end, crossing over the short distance to the other bed, kneeling beside his young charge. "Orion?" She doesn't answer, but her grip on the blanket tightens, he can see the muscles in her face grow tense. "Rio, it's just a dream," her face slowly relaxes at the sound of his voice, the muscles slowly unclenching. "That's it, it's just a dream, Rio, come back to me?" Her eyes flutter softly. "Come home to me, Rio, come to Ak."
Her eyes flew open so suddenly. "Ak?"
"I'm here, baby girl, I'm right here."
His little healer turned slightly, glancing over her shoulder, and he smiles softly. "Scoot over." She slides over, from her side to Gzel's, and he climbs in next to her and raises his arm. "C'mere." Orion crawls closer, curling against his side, sighing at the feeling of his arm curling around her and pulling her in tight. She curls around him, like an octopus, resting her head on his chest and clutching the front of his tunic. His fingers scratch at her arm lightly. "Do you want to talk about it?"
Orion shakes her head silently, and he leans over, kissing her temple lightly. "Okay. But we'll talk come morning, okay?" She nods at that. She wants to talk about it. Just not now. "Good girl, go back to sleep now, I'll protect you from the bad dreams."
"You'll stay?"
"I'm never going to leave you."
