A/N: Written for the Duel World Challenge, vs. Nightmare Penguin.
Dreams and Nightmares
18. Nightmare XI
Sorincha was gone, behind him, her hands hooking under the ties of his paper mask, pulling it away from his face. His breath caught, and his own hands came up to stop her, but the she laughed again and he froze.
The mask came off, and the light ate at his eyes, at his vision. 'It's okay,' Sorincha whispered to him, her voice cold and stinging like the harsh wind that slapped at him. 'The nightmares will go away now.'
And her voice continued like that, through that – through the pain that grew from those burning eyes, that freezing skin…