Content warning for smut, lemons and dark themes in this chapter.


"NOOOOOO!" I heard Ben shout, which made me abruptly awake to see him quickly sit up in bed.

"What is happening?" I questioned as I slowly sat up and looked at him and I was shocked at his current presentation. He had a terrified and panicked look in his eyes and his body was covered in a layer of sweat.

"Oh!" He panted. "Sorry" he apologised as I wrapped my left arm around his waist and rested my head against his right shoulder.

"It's ok" I dismissed. "I'm guessing you've had a bad dream," I noted.

"Yes" he confirmed.

"It's ok Benny" I cooed before I pressed a kiss against the top of his right arm before snuggling my head back into his arm. "You're safe" I yawned.

"It's not me that I was worried about" I heard him mutter.

"Who was it?" I questioned.

"You" he answered.

"Right?" I said slowly. "What was your dream?" I questioned as I looked up at him and we both shared a concerned look which made me start to worry. "Benny" I cooed. "I can't help you until you tell me," I told him. "It was only a bad dream" I stressed, hoping that this would start to reassure him.

"It was a terrible dream" he amended.

"Why don't we lie down?" I questioned. "And you can tell me all about it," I offered.

Ok" he nodded and we both slowly lay down, with my lying on my left hand side as Ben lay on his right.

"Sorry for waking you up" he apologised again.

"It's ok" I dismissed again. "It's what I'm here for" I reminded him. "And anyway Ben-" I began.

"Aha?" He repeated.

"I don't mind you keeping me up all night" I flirted, hoping that this would start to make light of the situation that Ben was currently in.

"Oh really?" He teased.

"Yes!" I giggled.

"Nice to know" he smiled at me as he wrapped his left arm around my waist, which made me smile up at him.

"So what was this dream?" I enquired; deciding that the sooner we spoke about the dream then the sooner we could get past it. I then watched as Ben threw me a look before he nodded at me as I put my right hand against his chest.

"I woke up and I couldn't find you-" he began to explain. "I go looking for you and it takes me a while before I hear or see anything," he added. "I then hear you shouting no! Please! Stop!" He said sadly as he looked down.

"Hey!" I exclaimed as I slid closer and snuggled my face into his chest. "It's ok" I advised as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"It's not Mal" he stressed as we looked back at each other and I couldn't help but not the fear in his eyes. "It's really not!" He stressed.

"What happened?" I dared asked.

"When I got into the room-" he started and I decided to go quiet to give Ben the time that he needed. "I find them forcing themselves onto you" he admitted as he tightened his arms around me. "All five of them!" He exclaimed as tears ran down his cheeks.

"Oh!" I muttered as I started to think about what he had just told me. Of course I understood why Ben was currently acting the way he was - I would be exactly the same if the roles were reversed! "Ben, that isn't going to happen" I advised.

"How can you know that!" He exclaimed.

"Because you are not going to let me go anywhere without you knowing" I repeated. "Like I am going to be the same with you" I urged as Ben cupped the right hand side of my face with his left hand. "I know that that was probably hard for you to see; but don't fixate on it baby" I told him. "That will never happen" I urged. "I think what has been said today is probably on both of our minds" I finished.

"Probably" he agreed and the room then fell into silence. I then started to think about how to make it better for Ben; and then an idea came to me.

"I think I know what will make you feel better" I advised simply.

"What?" He questioned.

"This" I answered as I shoved him back so he was now lying on his back. Then before he could say or do anything I quickly straddled him and I slid my hands onto the bottom of his stomach.

"Oh" he muttered as he slid his hands onto my hips. "I see" he smirked up at me.

"Yes" I flirted with a large smirk. "Let me take care of you" I purred with a wink.

"Ok" he nodded.

"However Benny-" I said suggestively.

"Yes?" He questioned.

"This time" I added as I leant down and placed a hand at either side of his head. "I'm going to ride you" I flirted as I started to grind down against him. "Slow" I muttered.

"Oh!" I heard him moan as I started to lace kisses up and down the left hand side of his neck, and I grinned against his skin when I felt his arms tighten around me. As I continued to tease Ben it wasn't long before I started to feel lust start to burn within me; and it wasn't soon before I could tell by how Ben's hands were moving against me that he was feeling the same. I pushed away the dream that Ben had just told me about; I wasn't going to fixate upon it as it was never going to happen. What I was going to fixate upon was my husband's happiness and well being - as this was always going to be higher priority. Nightmares I could always fight against; as I knew that they were never going to come true. As me and Ben weren't going to put either one of us in any situation where we would be put in any risk - and this was something that me and Ben were always going to need to concentrate on.