Prompt: Give me a minute or an hour Rating: K, of K plus. Has romance.
Summary: Brackendra fluff. Nightmares. Hot chocolate. Too lazy to write full sentences.
Kendra rubbed her eyes as she emerged from her cocoon of blankets. She fought back the tears that were stinging her eyes from the nightmares that had been keeping her up at night. It may have been over three years since the battle of the Zzyzx, but nightmares still haunted her dreams.
Flashes of Gorgrog and her wounded friends. She shook the thought from her mind, she didn't want to trouble herself any further. She turned over in her bed in an attempt to fall back asleep. She blew the hair from her eyes in annoyance, she wasn't going to fall back asleep anytime soon.
She risked a glance at her alarm clock to check the time. It was about six am, a bit too early for Kendra's liking, but at least she could head downstairs. Gosh, what she would give for a nice, hot cup of hot chocolate right now. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted it.
She gave up and jerked herself out of bed as if she were a puppet, only to fall back over in deafest, causing a giant flop-like sound from the bed. She typically would have snorted in amusement, but she didn't want to wake up her brother. He was lucky, he rarely got nightmares. Kendra was a bit jealous of that, but she would never admit that out loud.
It took three tries for her to get out of bed, making progress, but not by much. Eventually, she managed to get herself back into an upright position. It took her another five minutes to stand up. How her brother was sleeping through all this noise, she had no idea.
Not even bothering to change into clean clothes and fix her bead-head, she trudged downstairs, leaning against the wall for support. She had never felt so tired in her life, but she also had never had such a craving for hot chocolate in her life.
Eventually, she reached the kitchen as she fumbled around to get some milk out of the fridge. She knew Viola's milk was some of the best for hot chocolate, so she decided to choose that. Viola's milk never got old and Kendra had a small obsession with milk. She drank at least 3 cups a day.
She then walked over towards the pantry and pulled out some cocoa powder, a special one made by fairies. Because honestly, this is Fablehaven, what did you expect? Something normal from a grocery store? Keep dreaming.
She flipped on the burner and set the pan of milk over it, taking extra care not to spill any. Didn't want to have a mess to clean up later, or ever. She pulled up a stool and watched the milk start to heat up. Kendra stared at it as it very, very slowly started to warm up. She could've sworn time stopped because of how long it was taking.
She nearly jumped in surprise when someone caught her in a hug from behind. Instantly, she recognized the arm's of her boyfriend and leaned back into his embrace. She wanted a hug and this milk wasn't going to be warm anytime soon.
"What are you doing up so early?" He asked in her ear.
"Nightmares." She said, instantly regretting it. He was going to be babying her for the rest of the day. As much as she loved her boyfriend, he could be a little overprotective at times. Sometimes, he was scared to even let her chop vegetables. He claimed it was in his unicorn nature, but Kendra didn't buy it one bit.
He looked down at her concerned, "I thought you didn't get those anymore." He said.
Kendra shook her head, "Not too often." She said, "It was just a little worse tonight. I just wanted some hot chocolate."
Bracken chuckled, "You always liked your sweets." He said, "Is there enough for me?"
"Sure." Kendra said, "Just give the milk a minute." She glared at the milk, "Maybe more like an hour if it won't heat up. I swear the burner isn't even in." Honestly, though, Kendra wouldn't be surprised if it had turned itself off a while ago.
"I'll wait." He said, "You make the best hot chocolate."
Kendra blushed at the compliment. "I only mix up a few things." She said, "Nothing big to praise."
"Am I not allowed to compliment my girlfriend?" He asked, "I thought girls went for the pick-up lines these days. That's what your brother told me at least."
"And you listened to him?" Kendra gently pulled his arms off of her so she could finish the hot chocolate.
"You have a point." Bracken admitted, "But sometimes your brother gives pretty good advice. Like that time he said to try your brownie trifle, I didn't regret trying that. It tastes almost as good as your hot chocolate but even better."
"You have a serious sweet tooth." Kendra teased.
Bracken rolled his eyes playfully, "I was in a dungeon for years." He said, "I think I've earned the chance to have something sweet."
"Oh, the agony." Kendra said, "It didn't help your social skills."
"My social skills happen to be very good thank you very much," he huffed, "For a unicorn at least. You should see my cousin, now that's an interesting kid."
Kendra pressed a cup into his hands and bopped him on the nose, "Wow!" She remarked playfully, "You'll never be dim."
Bracken very maturely stuck out a tongue at her but accepted the cup nonetheless. One hand pressing the cup to his lips and the other wrapping itself around Kendra's shoulders. She leaned into his touch and sighed in content. Minutes later, she was asleep.
Bracken smiled down at the sleeping fairykind, enjoying how her face had no traces of a nightmare. He set down his cup and picked her up bridal style, taking care not to wake her up, carrying her up into her room. He laced her down in bed and brushed her hair out of her eyes before planting a quick kiss on her forehead, smiling to himself, well Kendra smiled in her sleep.