Playlist: Safe and Sound-Taylor Swift, Be Alright-Ariana Grande, Hate to See Your Heart Break by Paramore
This wasn't the first time Natsu had woken up with a nightmare. He had had several of them before, mostly about Lucy. The nightmare he had tonight was one that he hadn't had in a while. This one had been about future Lucy's death. Except this time, he had been too late to save present Lucy too. His hand went to his face and he wasn't surprised to find tears there. Ever since the war with Alvarez ended the nightmares had become more and more frequent. Normally he could convince himself to go back to sleep but this time, he needed reassurance that she was safe, that she was still alive. Natsu slipped out of his hut, being careful not to wake up Happy, and walked down the well-worn path out of the forest. When he was in front of Lucy's apartment he sprang up onto her windowsill. Natsu could hear her steady breathing and he exhaled a sigh of relief. Without a second thought he snuck in her bed in, what he thought was, a stealthy manner.
"Natsu?" she asked, her voice heavy with sleep. "What are you doing here?" He gulped and nuzzled her neck.
"Nightmare," he choked out. "I just needed to see if you were ok. I'll go now," he muttered and was ready to slip out of her bed when she grabbed his hand.
"Stay. Please." When he lied back down she wrapped her arms around his chest and hugged him tightly. "We're safe," she whispered and he nodded as one of her hands started stroking his hair. "Nothing's going to happen to us anymore." As she whispered her words of reassurance and comfort, Natsu buried his face in her neck. The ever-present scent of vanilla and strawberry soothed him almost as much as her words did. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her as close as possible.
Natsu didn't know when, but somewhere along the line, Lucy had become home. It didn't matter where they were, as long as she was with him everything would be fine. And so, like many nights before, they fell asleep in a tangle of arms and legs.
