"No...stop...not her...leave...stop..." Jane thrashed on the couch where she had fallen asleep and hour ago. "No...Maura...no...stop!"
"Jane?" Maura's voice called down the hallway.
The detective had fallen asleep on the couch during the movie they had been watching and Maura chosen to leave her there while she went upstairs to get ready for bed. She was just coming to retrieve the other woman when she heard her distressed voice. The ME rushed down the stairs at the sound. She came to find her girlfriend speaking nervously in her sleep while tossing and turning on the couch, she was surprised she hadn't fallen off of the narrow piece of furniture.
"Jane!" Maura perched on the side of the couch and tried to calm the sleeping woman, "Jane, it's ok. Wake up Jane. It's just a dream." The honey blonde used one hand to attempt to hold down Jane's thrashing arms and the other to caress her forehead soothingly. "Sshh, it's ok."
Something caused the brunette to snap out of it and she woke up quickly, snapping upward into a sitting position. "Maura!" She gasped.
The smaller woman gathered her into her arms. She held Jane's head to her chest while the rubbed her back, "It's ok Jane. It was just a dream."
"He had you." She panted. There was no need to speak Hoyt's name. Maura would know who she was talking about. No one else terrorized her dreams like he did. "I couldn't stop him."
"You did stop him Jane." Maura assured her as she pressed a kiss to Jane's sweaty forehead. "You got him and we are both safe. He can't do anything to us anymore, to you anymore. It's alright."
Jane pressed her ear closer to Maura's chest as she focused on calming her breathing. She listened to the girlfriend's strong and steady heartbeat.
When the honey blonde felt that she had calmed down completely she loosened her grip, "I am going to get you a glass of water."
"No!" Jane said quickly as she tightened her arms on her waist. "Just stay with me."
Maura wrapped her arms back around her shoulders and placed another kiss on her forehead, "Always."
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