only updating because i'm telling you that the last part of Too Close For Comfort is going to be posted in a few minutes
470 Dougies POV
Tom giggled almost uncontrollably as we pulled faces and talked in the ridiculous voices, just to make him laugh. It was what he needed most, after having almost freaking out because of the blood earlier on, even though he had forgotten about it by the looks of things. It was probably for the best to make him laugh for a while, so he went to bed happy. So, I practically jumped on Tom and pretended to bite him, making him squeal and writhe. "stop it no!" Tom screamed, laughing hysterically, turning bright red as Danny and Harry started tickling him. "never! I'm a lizard!" I giggled, pushing Tom down a little so I could bite him easier.
"can't breathe no!" Tom cried out, pushing me as hard as he could, getting nowhere. "but you're so yummy Tommy, we can't stop biting you!" Danny laughed, biting Toms cheek, making him scream again. This time it sounded more distressed, but he was still laughing, so I thought it was okay and started biting again. "don't eat me!" Tom shouted, wriggling around in our arms to get away. "mmm, yummy Tommy!" Danny teased, grabbing hold of one of Toms flying hands with a giggle, as Harry grabbed his other hand, stopping him from pushing us off as we all pretended to bite him. "stop, stop!" Tom wriggled under us, still laughing, making us all bite him more (unless you were Danny, who thought it was more fun to start licking too)
Tom writhes started pushing harder against us, his shouts getting louder and louder. "get off me! Don't eat me!" Tom screamed, this time sounding like there was no more laughter, all there was, was pure stress and fear. We all stopped at the same time, moving up to look at Tom instead. The tears were back again, falling down Toms face, he looked so helpless again, so helpless and scared. "don't eat me please! I don't want to be eaten!" Tom shook his head, covering his face with his hands. "oh Tommy, we weren't actually going to eat you! We were playing, trying to make you laugh!" Danny sighed, wiping away the tears on his boyfriends face. I scrambled off Toms body, in case it made him worse. "we were, we couldn't eat you, we love you!" Harry agreed, stroking Toms fringe back off his face.
"we do, I'm sorry!" I whispered, hugging Tom, not sure on what I actually could do to make things better. "don't eat me, please!" Tom whimpered, looking up pleadingly at Danny with the widest brown puppy eyes I had ever seen. "we wont, I promise, we wont. Just calm down and breathe Tommy." Danny sighed again, kissing Toms head, tracing soothing patterns across his chest until he calmed. "there we go, now I think that you need to go to sleep, don't you?" Danny advised, pulling the duvet up to Toms shoulders, making sure he was covered, like a mother would.
"still want us to stay here tonight?" I asked, getting up a little. "errrrrrr...yeah, yeah I do." Tom nodded hesitantly, playing with his duvet, seemingly watching the glow in the dark light sabres move around as we all shifted. "alright, now go to sleep, you'll feel better in the morning." Danny took Toms glasses off him, putting them on top of his own head, his fingers lightly dancing over Toms face until his tired, bloodshot eyes flickered closed. "there we go, sleep tight baby, I love you." Danny kissed Toms hair this time, running his fingers over the blondes cheek until Tom relaxed completely.
471 Toms POV
They'll eat you in your sleep! Eat you alive! Never stop until you're all gone! A voice warned inside my head, stopping me from sleeping. Even though Dannys hand was running over my cheek, making me feel sleepy, I couldn't sleep, the voice inside my head stopping me from falling into darkness. So you'll be eaten! "sleep tight Tommy, it'll be better in the morning. I'll make sure of it." Danny whispered, a kiss pressed to my head again. And I think everyone around me fell asleep, because it all went quiet, and everyone cuddled closer.
They'll bite you and eat you and rip your skin off! I whimpered, I didn't want to be ripped apart! I didn't want to be eaten by the monsters hiding in the dark! Well, you're trapped, in the middle of everyone. Nowhere to go, nowhere to run to. I didn't want to be trapped! I bolted upright, scrambling off the bed, realising I was alone in darkness, I couldn't even see a foot in front of my face. Monster time! Panic hit me square in the chest, I couldn't be in here! Not in the darkness! Not with all the monsters! "Danny." I whimpered, wanting to feel his arms around me, his arms around me meant that I was safe. I was safe in his arms, monsters wouldn't get to me when I was wrapped in Dannys arms. But he was the one biting you earlier on. But he was joking! He said he was joking! He wouldn't eat me, he loved me! Get out of here before he notices you're out of bed, or before the monsters get you!
I scrambled out of the room, into the bright hallway, the light burning my eyes. You're not safe, you're on your own...all alone, you can't go back in there, there's darkness, and you'll wake everyone up. Don't want to do that, do you? But, I needed to get back to Danny, so I was safe, but I couldn't go through the darkness! "Tom? What are you doing? Why are you out here? Shouldn't you be in bed?" Carrie made me jump. Spinning round, she was stood behind me, dressing in her pyjamas, a book still in her hand. "but, there's darkness a-and monsters! G-gunna eat me, s-so trapped!" I whimpered, speak properly will you?! I couldn't, I was so scared. I couldn't go back in there to walk through the darkness filled with monsters, but I needed to see Danny, needed to be held in his arms. But then I would be trapped in between everyone else! And they had all been biting me!
"aw, okay, take a deep breath Tom, a nice deep breath, okay? Want me to take you back to in there?" Carrie asked, giving me a hug. "n-no, don't want to go there!" I shook my head, holding onto Carrie as tight as possible. "why not?" Carrie bent back a little bit, looking at my face, though I couldn't look her in the eye. "t-too many monsters!" I whimpered, tangling my hands in her hair. "ah, okay...but wouldn't it be a good thing to tell Danny, Harry and Dougie that there's monsters in there then? So they know?" Carrie suggested, I shook my head again. "no, they wont be hurt." I answered. "why?" Carrie asked, because they're not you. "because... I don't want to talk about it." I bit my lip.
"alright, now, I think you need some sleep. Where do you want to sleep, spare room?" Carrie started taking me there. "no!" I stopped her, I didn't want to be alone! "where then?" Carrie whispered, looking confused. "please, I-I don't want to be alone. I-I don't want to be alone with monsters." I looked away, it was silly to not want to be alone, but I was scared of being by myself. I wanted Danny, but I couldn't go back to him and wake him up. Or wake anyone else up. "alright, come here, we'll go to my room, yeah? Will that be alright?" Carrie started to walk to her room, as I nodded.
I got into bed as she did, feeling a little better, knowing I wasn't alone, tucked up in a bed, with a light on to keep me safe. "better now?" Carrie asked, I nodded, turning over to face the wall. "good, night Tom, the monsters wont get you in here." Carrie promised, rubbing my arm before leaving me to lay awake half the night, making sure there was nothing hiding in the dark. Nothing in the corners, nothing hiding behind things, nothing in plain sight.