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Ezra smiled as he watched his lover sleep. She was perfect. The age difference and his position at the school hadn't made him doubt what they had. Not after the first time he had done it, and realised life without her even though he had only known her for such a brief time really wasn't how life should be. Life should be exiting and risky. Love was exiting and definitely worth the risk. Especially if taking risks meant he could have his beautiful angel sleeping on his chest.
He could tell something was wrong though. Something was making her sad and act in ways she never normally would act. All he wanted was to take care of her but it was like she had given up. She was stuck in her own world, and even though this wasn't exactly rare for her, now it
was scary. Ezra worried if she would one day completely lose herself in her own world and end up shutting herself out from everyone else. Ezra never ever wanted her to shut him out.
Feeling her stir made him frown more. She used to be such a deep sleeper. She tossed and turned on his chest and he fought in his mind between waking her up or calming her into a peaceful sleep. Deciding on the second one Ezra began to run his hands through her hair. It seemed to work for a few minutes until Ezra realised all he was doing was pushing her deeper and deeper into her nightmares.
"Please." she whimpered. She sounded terrified. Ezra wanted to wake her up now. He couldn't bare to listen to how frightened she sounded. "Please you can't... I'll do anything." she was begging in her sleep, her body began to tremble slightly and Ezra held her tighter.
He was just about to whisper her name to coax her awake but she stared to talk more and what she said made Ezra stop dead in his tracks. "Please A you can't tell anyone about me and Ezra. I love him please!" Ezra felt tears on his chest and he stared at his lover that was
now crying in her sleep and the image broke his heart.
He rubbed her back and kissed along her forehead. Sighing, relieved when he noticed her calm down and fall into a dreamless sleep. Any tiredness he had been feeling during the day had now slipped away and he was left asking himself dozens of questions and all the answers lay
sleeping in his arms...
Who was 'A'?
How did they know their secret?
Would Aria really do anything to protect them? Would he?
He sighed and rubbed his eyes. she said she loved him. Knowing that made him shiver and feel warm inside. He already knew he loved her back. He felt as though he had always known.
Watching as she shifted on his chest he realised he already had the answers to one of his questions. 'Would he do anything to protect them?'. Yes.