Fabian's Pov
As soon as that horrid creature hit my Nina I swore I wasn't leaving her side. Which I don't think she would let me; Ever since she's gotten home I've noticed she's been a little extra jumpy and cautious of things and people's voices. She can't make it up the stairs with her leg beat up so badly so, she's been spending the night with me for the past couple nights. Oh! I'm not complaining! I love it when I feel her tucked under my arm like I'm the only thing keeping her safe from the outside world.
She and I have been living in almost this bubble. We never leave the house. The only communication we've shared with anyone else was when we called everyone when we got back from the infirmary when we announced the engagement. Everyone was thrilled to hear that we were getting married but that's pretty much all we've heard from them. We still had another week until the rest of the house came so, we were just enjoying each other's company.
Her bruises are getting better; the black eye is gone, but the burns from the soup still make her yelp every time she has to shower. When she does shower, I stand outside the bathroom door to make sure she's okay. We had to put a metal folding chair in the bath for her to use.
Right now, she needs me more than ever and, I wasn't going to let her down. I make sure she's warm enough or cool enough by adding and taking away blankets from her lap, I help her into bed and out of bed, make her meals and just making sure she's happy. Although, I especially love it when she and I are talking right before we fall asleep and she has me propped up against the head board so she can lean on my chest or sit on my lap with her arms swung around my neck as If she were a baby. But, that's what she was, she was my baby.
Right now she was doing exactly this; sitting on my lap, with the lights off, leaning on my chest with her arms draped around my neck and lazily talking with me;
"Thank you, for being such an amazing fiancé lately, with my bum leg" she mumbled into my neck
"Nina, I could never tell you how sorry I am for what he did to you. You should have let him hit me" I mumbled back
"I could never have let him hit you. It would kill me to see you hurt" she muttered
"Seeing you like this kills me every day. I can't help but be like I've been being lately. When you're hurt, I'm hurt a thousand times worse" I say to her
"Fabian, you are too perfect" she smiled into my chest "I'm so glad you love me"
"Nina, I knew I loved you the second you pulled that leaf from my hair" I smiled at the memory
"Promise me that no matter what happens, We'll always have each other" she smiled
"I promise" but then, I realized something "Why are you having me make so many promises lately?" I asked
"Because, it feels good to hear that I have a promise. For me, promises don't mean 'one or two weeks' they mean forever" she dazed
"My promises last eternity" I mutter
At that we both agreed in our minds that we should both stop talking, hold each other and sleep in the truly most safe place we could be… with each other. Soon enough the taunting lull of sleep crossed my mind, lazily growing stronger until I was fighting to keep my eyes open. I took one final look at Nina, held her a little tighter, closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
I woke up looking down at Nina, clinging to my chest. Her eyes were closed but her expression was scared and shaken. She was having a night mare.
I softly woke her up, shaking her shoulder until she jolted her eyes wide open. She pulled me even tighter, shivering.
"Nina, love, What's wrong?" I asked
She looked up and me and scrambled, kicking her feet so she could be under my arm a little higher near my face. She looked frazzled and terrified;
"What happened?" I asked again
"Him… He" She choked "He came back and killed you then…" she choked some more "he trapped me in the house, while it burned" she shivered
"Who? Who came back?" I asked
"Eddie" she shivered
"Oh, Nina he's never coming back, ever. I swear he won't, but, if your still shaken I think we should stay here, in bed" I nodded
"Why in bed?" she asked
"Well, it's comfortable, and warm and after a long day there's nothing better than turning the lights off and napping your bad day away" I picked a piece of her hair and began to fumble around with it
"Ok" she burrowed under my chin, tucking her knees in so she could wrap her arms around that part of my torso between my hips and the lowest of my ribs "If were staying in bed today, what are we going to do?" I asked
"I say, we make this bed a proper fort then, we can lazy the day away" I smirked at her
She nodded; This was going to be a great day, even if we were just lying in bed