*Mal's POV*
As sleep started to evade me I readjusted myself in bed as my eyes slowly rolled open and they quickly landed on Ben and I pulled one brow up in confusion. By the look on his face and the way he looked flushed and tired me that he had probably just had a nightmare.
I watched as he reached over with his left and he began to play with some hair that had fallen in front of my right ear. I loved having private moments like this with Ben like this; it felt so perfect and I didn't want it to end. However I couldn't fall into a perfect bliss of being on our honeymoon due to the distracted look that was in his eyes. Thankfully as we were on our honeymoon we were in fact totally alone so this probably the best time to be able to speak to him about what was on his mind.
My mind then started to think about what he could have dreamed about this time; as given his previous nightmares he never dreamt about the same thing twice. I suddenly remembered the conversation that we had shared with Adam and Belle this morning; maybe this was still on his mind? He did seem rattled at the fact that Bobby and the others might get away with what they had done to us - hopefully this wasn't going to be the case!
"Have you just had another nightmare?" I dared to ask and I saw his eyes widen at this.
"You could always read me like a book" he sighed.
"Yes" I smiled at him. "But given the fact that you look like you are in a cold sweat tells me that you woke up in a fright" I advised.
"Yes" he nodded and I pursed my lips together. I hated seeing Ben like this; and it only made me want to do anything and everything in my power to make it better for him. So with this in mind I slid closer to him and we cuddled together with us lying on our sides as Ben snuggled into my bare chest. I swore that I heard him sigh in relief when his skin touched mine; but I decided to not say anything about this - this situation was embarrassing for Ben as it was and I didn't want to make it any worse for him.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I offered as I snuggled into his hair.
"Are you not getting sick of this?" he muttered as he slowly looked up at me.
"No," I answered simply. "I am your wife Ben and giving support is one of my jobs" I told him hoping that this would reassure him. "I would never ever get sick of supporting you Ben" I finished and we both smiled at each other.
"Hmmm" he purred as he snuggled back into my chest. "I love cuddling like this," he added happily.
"I know you do" I smiled at him before I pressed a kiss against the top of his head and I watched as he looked back up at me. "I hate that you go through this" I advised as I pursed my lips together.
"Yeah" he muttered. "Me too" he added nervously.
"What happened this time?" I enquired and I watched as he froze in my arms as his face dropped. "I can't help you until you tell me" I reminded him.
"I know, he replied. "I just don't want it to happen" he confessed.
"And it won't" I dismissed.
"How can you know that?" he asked fearfully. "You don't know what happened," he continued nervously.
"Well tell me what it is" I cooed happily as I cupped his face in both of my hands and I gazed into his eyes.
"Ok" he nodded before he smiled lovingly at me.
Me and Ben then lay in bed as he told me all about his nightmare; I held him tightly as he talked about his anguish throughout the nightmare and what happened after he woke up. I hated seeing Ben going through this; and I knew that dreams similar to this were probably going to recur until the end of the trial. But I would support Ben through it; no questions asked. I loved Ben wholeheartedly; and I would do anything or everything to get him through what he was currently going through.
After telling me everything that had happened Ben then looked over to the bedside clock that was behind me and told me that it was lunch time. So with this in mind we both decided to go and make some lunch in our brand new kitchen; with us both eager to get away from Ben's nightmare and back into the perfect and loving time that we were sharing together on our honeymoon.
