Has anyone here seen the latest episode of Red vs. Blue season 11? The one with Donut coming in with Doc? I just love that episode so much, I was like having a fangirl attack. It was just so great. My favorite quote so far to anyone who has seen it…

"Let me get this straight, you heard a distress call, grabbed Doc, hoped on a ship and then told it to leave?!"

OH I JUST LOVE WASH! HE IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER OFF ALL TIME AND I LOVE HIM! Sorry I am just fangirling right now. Please ignore my creepiness and continue onto the story~

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Prompt: Nightmare

Pairing: Caboose/Wash

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When it happened it was the same every time. The same voice screaming in his head, the same name being repeated over and over, the same scene of a now dead woman. To anyone else, it wouldn't seem that bad, but for him, it was the worst. It was the SAME thing haunting him every second of everyday. When he tried to sleep, his mind was molested by the horrible memories he had implanted into his head.

All he could hear the moment was the same voice screaming the same thing in his head. He hated it. He loathed the voice in his head and everything that came with it. He hated himself for being affected by a voice. By a shadow of a shadow. It was horrible! Absolutely horrible. It made him feel weak and useless and he HATED it.

Yet Wash had not been having the same dream he was used to. Lately he had been dreaming of losing his new team. He thought of losing Caboose and Tucker all of the time and his dreams reflected it. In his opinion these dreams where the worst of all. Compared to the others, just the worst dreams ever. It killed him to think of losing yet more friends. He even had dreams of losing the Red Team. Not as bad but still scarring.

He was having yet another dream of losing Blue Team. And he let everyone know he was, but not on purpose. He would go to bed, telling Caboose and Tucker to have sweet dreams, and pretty soon he is asleep. Yet his dreams are not riddled with anything like the others are blessed with. The others must be having their random ass dreams that make no sense, which wouldn't matter since none of them remember it anyway.

From there, his dreams would cause him great pain, causing him to scream out and whimper in his sleep. He knew that he did it. He even did it back during Project Freelancer. Wash overheard his friends talking about him screaming at night, during his sleep. Wash knew that none of them would tell him about it, but he found out anyway. He felt bad really, for keeping his friends up and he knew even now, years after what happened, he still has nightmares and he still screams at night.

Wash tries his best to think positive and to not have bad dreams, but that didn't stop him. Usually when he did though, he would unconsciously wake up before he is able to get to the worst part and keep from screaming during the night. Luckily he has not heard any complaints so he assumes that either he has stopped or the others can't hear him.

It was until him and Caboose had gotten together did he believe neither of them had noticed his frequent nightmares. One night, he had just woken up when Caboose walked into his bedroom. Caboose was in his night clothes and holding a stuffed cat in his hands. Wash for one thought that the cat was the cutest thing ever. Of all time. But that wasn't the most important thing at the moment. Wash had just assumed Caboose had come into his room because he was scared or had a bad dream himself.

"What's wrong Caboose? Did something happen?" Wash asked as Caboose walked over to his bed. Wash didn't bother standing up knowing it would be easier to comfort Caboose while sitting down. Caboose sat next to him. Wash had expected Caboose to be the one needing comfort but was surprised when Caboose wrapped his arms tightly around Wash.

"Are you okay Wash?" Caboose asked which had really confused Wash. He had thought that Caboose was in need of help, not the other way around. Why wouldn't he be okay? Unless… Well shit. Wash knew what this was about. This was about the nightmares that he was just having. Maybe he had been screaming in his sleep. That was the only way that Caboose could have known about his night terrors. Wash, who was slightly stunned, said nothing in return as Caboose kept a tight hold on him.

"I heard screaming. Are you okay?" Caboose said wrapping his arms even more tightly around Wash. He didn't want to crush the other however so he loosened his grip. Wash relaxed into his arms and hugged him back. He was glad that Caboose was there for him, still, Wash was upset that he had woken the other with his disturbed dreams.

"I'm fine now. Thank you." Wash said into the chest that he was being pressed to. He almost didn't like feeling that small against Caboose. Yes he knew that Caboose was unnaturally tall and strong, and he himself had always been short, but honestly it was ridiculous. Even though he had reassured Caboose he was fine, the other was not buying it. He pushed out of the hug to have Caboose stare down at him in all seriousness.

"I know you're lying. Tell me what's wrong." Caboose commanded and Wash knew he had too. He knew how Caboose was and knew that the other would not give up until he told the other what was actually wrong. Wash sighed.

"I-I just can't take it... Every time I got close to somebody, had great friends, they all got taken away from me... They died in front of me or just... I just don't want to lose you guys too... I don't know what I'd do if I was to lose you..."Wash said sadly. He cast his head down to look at his hands which had made their way into his lap. He had to stop himself from tearing up, so that he wouldn't look even weaker in front of Caboose.

"That would never happen Wash. You know that. I know that. You would never let it happen." Caboose tried to reassure, grapping Wash by the hands and holding them tightly. Wash couldn't help the blush that came on his face. He also couldn't help but notice the cat plushie laying on the bed where Caboose had put it when he walked.

"But Caboose, what if…what if I'm not strong enough? What if something happens that not even I came prevent? I'm weak and wouldn't be able to do anything about. I would never forgive myself if something was to happen."

"Don't say that Wash! You have awesome freelancer powers, you can do anything! I know you can. I mean I've even seen you."

"... If I could do anything, then why couldn't I save them? Why couldn't I save my friends in time? If I could do anything, then why did I let Epsilon control me? Why did I go crazy? Why did I let the Director do all of that stuff?! I knew what he was doing, yet I never got the guts to stand up to him! I'm weak, useless... E-even if I tired, I don't think I'd be able to protect you... No matter how hard I'll try, I'm weak..." Wash voice had finally cracked. He never knew he had these doubts, these fears and disbeliefs. It was horrible to even think about how weak he had really become.

"Wash, you're one of the strongest people I know! Well, aside from the fact that I can carry a ton of heavy stuff super easy an- That's not the point, the point is... You're strong, and there will never be a time where you'll be alone... You can protect me, and I could protect you! You're not weak! You're a Freelancer!" Caboose said smiling and bringing Wash's hands to his face to place a kiss on each hand. Wash blushed darker and refused to look up at Caboose even though the other was trying to make him feel better.

"Caboose… I'm not as strong as you think…" Wash had tried but was interrupted.

"Stop! I don't want hear anymore. All you do is put yourself down. You are so strong and so smart and even beautiful. I hate when you do this to yourself. You are so much better than you think and I just want you to see that. Please just stop." Caboose asked of him. Truthfully he felt a little angsty just talking about how pathetic he was. So for Caboose, he would stop.

"Caboose…I'm not beautiful." Wash groaned and pulled his hands away from Caboose's grasp. He smiled at Caboose's attempts to make him feel better. It was reassuring to have someone like Caboose around.

"Whatever you say Wash. Hey! I brought you something to help keep the nightmares away." Caboose smiled and grabbed the stuffed cat from the bed. The cat was slightly worn from the years that it had on it. The cat was brown and very fluffy. Wash still thought it was just the cutest thing ever. He took it in his hands and cuddled it to his chest.

"Thank you Caboose." Wash said with a peaceful smile on his face. Caboose smiled and began to climb under the covers with Wash. The other soldier blushed darkly.

"What are you doing?" Wash asked with a surprised tone. Caboose chuckled.

"I'm sleeping in here to protect you from bad dreams. This way you have me and Sir Pounce-A-Lot to keep the bad dreams away."

"Sir Pounce-A-Lot?" Wash questioned.

"That's the name of the cat. You can change it if you want too."

"Nah I like it."

That night Wash had slept peacefully. He had Sir Pounce-A-Lot in his arms with Caboose's arms wrapped tightly around him. It was a nice quite night from there with promises from Caboose of peaceful sleep. It wasn't uncommon for Caboose to slip into his room and cuddle up with him almost every night. Not that Wash was complaining really.

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Kind of OOC but not too bad I suppose. Thank you a billion to Z for the help! I LOVE YOU AND THE THINGS YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THIS STORY~ Anyway! I hope you liked it.

I am so sorry for the LATE update. I was home all week and weekend and should have been typing but I was playing Fire Emblem. When I play Fire Emblem I play it HARD! I played for 10 Hours STRAIGHT! I beat the game and am close to beating it once again. I just love Fire Emblem I am so crazy. But I mean come on…

10 HOURS OF NOTHING BUT FIRE EMBLEM! IT WAS INCREDIBLE!

Sorry yet again and I will try harder to type and post. Review if you liked it.

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Next Pairing: Caboose/Wash