It didn't happen often any more, luckily. Sometimes though, the stress of work would bubble over, and Josh would wake up in a cold sweat. His heart racing, as his mind slowly reminded him that he hadn't been left behind. That Toby found him in time.
It was different now. Donna was by his side at night, and he simultaneously loved and loathed that she was there to help him on those rare occasions. She'd been there before, when it was all new, but it was better these days. Now, she could hug him and reassure him that it was all fine. In exchange, he did the same when her nightmares came to her. It made all the difference. They were a team.
Tonight, sitting up in alarm, he felt Donna pull on him. Pulling him back down under the covers with her. She hugged his head close to her, scattering gentle kisses across his face to calm him. As he calmed down, Josh clung to her, kissing her lips passionately. She returned the kiss before pulling away to look at him. His face just about visible in the moonlight. Giving him a supportive smile, she squeezed him reassuringly.
"What did I ever do to deserve you?" He whispered.
"I could say the same about you," she replied.
"Nah, I hit the jackpot. You could do so much better than me," he mumbled, looking away slightly.
She recognised this tone. It happened sometimes. Josh, so intent on beating himself up some nights, could demonstrate a shocking amount of lack of self esteem for someone so powerful and successful.
"How about we say that we both did good?" she smiled at him, hoping some levity might help lift his mood.
"Yeah…I guess," he muttered, clearly still brooding over his nightmare.
Donna hugged him close to her again, before whispering to him,
"I love you, Joshua Lyman. Never forget that."
Josh looked up and smiled a small smile at Donna, as he moved to kiss her with all the enthusiasm he could muster. Donna kissed him back, nibbling on his bottom lip, before pulling back.
"How about I…" Donna paused for a moment, "…help take your mind off things?"
Josh's eyebrows rose in surprise.
"Well," he began.
Donna interrupted him by propping herself up over him, and kissing her way down his chest. Every few kisses, she stopped and nibbled gently at Josh's skin. Josh quietly gasped each time, giving Donna cause to smile into his chest.
She made her way down his body, licking a small path along his torso, grinning at the whimpering sounds coming from Josh.
Once she'd reached her goal, she looked up briefly, looking him straight in the eye. He licked his lips and swallowed as he gazed at Donna's mouth hovering directly above his cock. Before he had a chance to say anything, Donna dipped her head down, swallowing him whole. Josh gasped in surprise at the feeling of her small, warm mouth around his cock.
She licked slowly but persistently around his head, following up with steady bobs up and down, swallowing him as deeply as she could.
"Donna," Josh gasped.
Donna paused for a moment so she could look up at him. Her lips still wrapped around him.
"Wow…Donna…" Josh managed to stutter.
She returned to her ministrations, providing him with a mixture of sucking and licking.
"Wait…I want to see you…I need you…"
Josh went to encourage Donna up towards him, explaining silently what he wanted from her.
She released his cock and crawled up his front, peppering his chest with soft kisses. Once in line with him, she rubbed herself up against him a few times, grinning as he gasped and looked at her with wide eyes.
"Please," he whispered, placing one hand on her cheek, and softly kissing her.
Donna leant back and slowly sunk down onto him, drawing a whimper from both of them.
Never taking her eyes off him, she began rocking her hips back and forth, gradually building up rhythm.
She was focused on this all being about helping Josh, but she appreciated it when he moved one hand down to stroke her clit in time with her rocking. His other hand reached out for her breast as she leant forward into his touch.
Falling into this steady rhythm, the pair focused solely on creating as much pleasure in the other's body as possible. So focused on offering Josh pleasure, Donna was surprised to find an orgasm creeping up so fast for her.
Josh increased the pressure and speed in which he was stroking her clit, continuing to massage her breast, when she came undone. Gasping his name, Donna tried to keep up the rhythm, flexing herself to ensure that Josh followed her quickly afterwards. She succeeded, rewarded with a yell of her name from Josh.
As the pair slowly came down from their high, Josh put his arms around her, pulling her down to his chest. Softening inside her, he kissed her almost frantically, hugging her tightly.
"Thank you," he whispered, clutching her to his chest and closing his eyes. Donna kissed one of the scars on his chest, before closing her eyes too, joining him in a much more content slumber.