Once A Midnight Terror's Dreary

Genres: Angst/Drama Hurt/Comfort,Romance, and new Adult Fanfiction

Pairing: Nalu/EndLu,( Natsu x Lucy/ E.N.D. x Lucy)

Rating: T-M for disturbing imagery , language, mature situations and some adult sexual content (all consensual). Reader Direction is advised.(You've been warned!)

Summary: To sleep is to dream, to dream is to to be plagued by a horrible nightmare of epic proportions. To awake from such terror is to find some much needed record in the arms of a devoted etherious demon hybrid. The draconic fire demon comforts comforts his mate and queen (aka a certain celestial maiden) after she wakes from a nightmare while being haunted by gruesome memories of his own from a few nights prior. A two-shot and eventually upcoming future chapter for my (semi-au) fic The Draconic Demon Within. Nalu/Endlu centric (like said mentioned fic).

Chapter: 2: Solace In The Spaces Between

A/N: Here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Fairytail doesn't belong to me—but the most honourable Hiro-sensei!

Legend

Italics: Flashback/Nightmare Sequence (and concluding dialogue for extra flare at end of chapter)

Bold: First Person Thoughts

Bolded Italics (outside of main story): A/N

"Knowing clouds will raise up

Storms will race in

But you will be safe in my arms

Rains will pour down

Waves will crash all around

But you will be safe in my arms."

(Plumb: Safe In My Arms)

It took some time for Lucy's emotional shock to wear off,though Natsu was able to coax her into the bathroom with some effort .

"A nice soak in the tub with me should help, yeah?" He offered, husky timbre so soothing, so gentle that she couldn't help but let him get guide by the hand into into other room. Not to mention the cozy warmth of his touch. "Maybe with that scented bubble mix you like so much?"

"O-okay..."

Lucy was idly aware of her surroundings at the same time her significant other set to work in preparing the bath. The sound of water running as she let herself be stripped of clothing with a somewhat numb nod in response to his inquiry, the honey- vanilla fragrance of bubble mix filling the air; Natsu's robust hands lifting the her now bare form into the tub with such delicate care as if afraid she'd break , water sloshing when he was climbing inside. Not to mention the overwhelming sense of relief washing over the zodiac weilder when finally being drawn against him .

When Lucy finally found her centre, she couldn't help but voice her concern over Natsu's initial physical reaction to her account of the nightmare; which was only waved off. Instead, the fire wizard began humming a melody of another familiar tune that filled her with a cozy warmth. The soothing, rough baritone of the fire-eaters voice must have lulled back the maiden into a far more peaceful slumber; for the next thing she knew she was back in his arms under downy sheets.

He must've carried me back to the bed after I fell asleep— so sweet of him. Lucy mused with the upmost affection; Honey-brown landed on the handsome face of the man she swore her heart to whose eyes opened to reveal the most compelling electric red with gold flecks.

"Hey there , " the zodiac weilder murmured by way of greeting, drinking in the sight of of his rugged features.

"Hiya" came the dragon slayer's response, voice rough with the remants of sleep though his eyes were twinkling with the fond warmth reserved just for her. "How ya feelin'?"

"Much better, thanks. Did.. uh... someone .. ? " Lucy questioned , eyes flickering down to take stock of the same, satin, teal, baby-doll style, chemise owith black lace from before ; more out of curiosity than anything else. "You know... "' Especially when she implicitly trusted Natsu not to so much lay a finger on her in a way that would cross a major line while unconscious.

"Dress you again?" He supplied readily ." Virgo did, yeah. Popped in briefly to help me dry you off and got the nightie on after the bath. "Though I insisted on being the one to carry you back to the bed" . The note of affection in Natsu's tone was , so tender, so doting, that it was rendered absolutely impossible for adoration not to swell in her chest. "You're my mate and queen after all. Seems only right that I'd be taking care of ya."

"Well, that bath was really nice of you" came Lucy's words of praise, deeply touched by her soul mates truly intimate gesture. "Really hit the spot, thank you."

"My pleasure— glad to be of service." Natsu flashed a drowsy grin that made the celestial Mage's heart patter just a little." And like I said, you'll always have me to take care of ya."

"And I'm grateful for that. just wish it could've been under different circumstances. " There was a hint of rueful longing to Lucy' voice which was due cause got Natsu's brows knitting together in mystification."like for far more sexy reasons instead of it being on account of how shell-shocked I was from my nightmare. " Those last words garnered a slight head shake of what appeared to be light disapproval from Natsu whose corner of his lips were pulled down inti a frown.

"You were in distress , Luce" was what he had to say in response, running a smooth path down the curve of Lucy's cheek with the back of his hand. "Much as I love having a romantic bath together for other reasons, your overall health and wellbeing are far more important. You know that."

"And I appreciate you looking out for all that. Still—"

The rest of Lucy's words were left unsaid after the fire eater was silencing her by with a quick kiss that she could help but melt into . "No more talking. There's no sense in worryin about what we did or didn't get up into the bath. Don't dwell on it— just breathe."

"I... okay" The zodiac weilder conceded, sounding relieved as if a massive weight was being lifted off her shoulders. Which it is in a way.. Not to mention the cozy warmth of- post- kiss bliss flooding her veins . Courtesy of Natsu being such an stellar kisser, I guess. "You're right. No need to dwell on it anymore. Did I ever mention how much I love you?"

"Good." Another -feathery kiss on/against the corner of her waiting lips with an fond chuckle." And only about a million times, weirdo—- but it's okay cuz I love ya' too. One of Natsu's hand affectionately mussed Lucy's hair; all in all enough for her heart to skip a beat."Forever and always." You have any more dreams?"

"No," came the fair-haired beauty's light reply with a a coy smirk. Needless to say , she couldn't help but suddenly be in the mood for a wild romp with her dragon beneath the sheets.

Especially when he's looking so damn sexy with those , masculine, rugged, good looks of his. Appealing eyes of a unique colour, overall handsome face, not to mention those exposed, chiesled plains from a corded , lean phisque . Dude's got a body hotter than the Sahara— pretty much a dragon -demon sex god in my eyes. Damn, do I like what I see.

"Though I wouldn't complain if I had any of those most important to me— you included-"

"Yeah?" Natsu rumbled, electric red irises swimming alight with not-so- virtuous intrigue that lit a fire in Lucy's blood ."There anything in particular you would've have liked to be about me if did dream?"

"Yeah, would've loved for it to been of you sheathed deep inside me to the hilt." There was a saucy lilt to her words as she rolled herself over top to straddle the sinfully handsome fire demon god who was watching her with half-mast eyes ." "Fucking me hard and fast with each and every thrust until you bring me over the edge."

"Huh. That so princess ?" Was his drawled response, hands coming down to rest on Lucy's fabric-covered hips." Well, I'm more than willing to make those hypothetical dreams of yours come true— no matter how x-rated they may be. Though what a naughty girl you are, propositioning yourself to a powerful fire dragon-demon like that." The wicked decadence in his growl along with his eyes sweeping over the celestial maiden's lithe form with appreciation, was more enough to send a rush of molten heat straight to her already-moist centre.

"Not that I'm complain'. Hope you're not overly fond of that filmsy piece of fabric you call a 'nightgown ' cuz it's either gonna be torn to shred or charred ash in a matter of seconds."

Not a day goes by where Nastu doesn't feel the need to destroy something. Lucy mused with a wry smirk;all while being too well aware of said dragon's hardened arousal pressed against her through the flame-printed fabric of his boxers. Be it my clothes in the heat of passion or otherwise . Also pretty sure it's his a raging hard on that I feel pressed up against me right now ...

Natsu, meanwhile seemed more than content to let Lucy ride him in the minutes that followed; though it wasn't long before she was flipped underneath where memories of her terrible dreamed where chased away by the sound of fabric splitting, those of a more slick variety filling the room along with growls between breathy moans and pants. Not to mention plenty of flicks of from a velvet tongue on a sensitive bundle of nerves, blazing digits, hard-hitting thrusts hitting the celestial maiden's g -spot inside her heat, blinding white light exploding across her vision . Plus the sensation of feminine walls clamping down around the draconic-demon-hybrid when the impending crest wave of earth shattering climax washing over in time with his own. Oh and of course garbled shrieks of said male's name much to his apparent, smug approval.

"Nastuuuu!"

"That's right— scream my name , sweetheart . Ya know how much it fires me up when you do."

A/N: Well there you have it— my most recent fanfic aka my pride and joy ! Somehow there's angst, with plenty Nalu fluff and sexy times all packed into those 2 chapters. What can I say? Couldn't help myself ?. Oh well— hope you all enjoyed either way! Now onto a new subject while we're here: tumblr. Many of you have most likely noticed that the site has been been a whole slew of issues as of lately ranging from technical difficulties to the app being removed from the IOS store after images depicting child abuse porn. Let me just add that such content is unacceptable and and should have been dealt with sooner—- but in a different way rather than hoe the staff is mishandling it now.

Then then there's the whole matter of their decision—- kneejerk reaction mind you— to purge almost all content from the site with the exception of erotic art and fiction among others. I repeat , erotic art and fiction are supposed to be considered among the exceptions.

As a result, I and other content creators (writers, artists) hope to remain on tumblr (in addition to the other platforms we're on), though some may decide to transition elsewhere—perfectly justifiable given the circumstances. It's a real clusterfuck of a situation we're none too pleased about—- but I digress. (Don't even me get started on the whole debacle with even the most tame of images being randomly flagged as sensitive by bots. Not to mention, how awful I feel for affected content creators whose blogs don't meet the exception criteria— ugh). Either way , Tumblr seriously needs to get their act together as a corporation ASAP. Apple too.

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed! Be sure to review, reblog and check out my other works and profiles for future updates. Oh and don't forget to keep an eye on the rest of my profiles (including my new A03) since there are more future projects on the way (in addition to what I'm already working on). ( See above, tumblr profile and bio for corresponding links if reading this on tumblr. Also on my fanfiction). Until next time—- take care! Ta ta for now!