A/N: This is part 5 of my Paris series. This will be set in 'Vacation to Paris.' Hope you enjoy it, Angels.
He can still remember her screams that woke him up late into the night six years earlier, he can still remember holding her wrists in his hands so she wouldn't hurt herself or him while he was trying to wake her up, her screams terrifying him, he can still remember seeing the fear in her green eyes when she bolted up in bed, he can still remember her being soaked in sweat because of terrifying her nightmare was, he can still remember reassuring her that she was okay and that she was safe in their Paris apartment with him, he can still remember putting her sidearm on her bedside table to further reassure her, he can still remember coaxing her back to sleep by stroking her long red hair and holding her in his arms, close to his chest, he can still remember her being shut down fur down, not speaking to him about the nightmare that had her screaming, he can still remember telling her that he was right here and that he always would be, he can still remember telling her that he loved her.
He can still remember her nightmares in Paris.
She can still remember waking up to his tossing and turning in their shared bed, she can still remember hearing him muttering in his sleep, she can still remember seeing the pain on his face as he slept, she can still remember his graying hair being sticky with sweat, she can still remember shaking him awake, she can still remember running her fingers through his sweaty hair, urging him to wake up, she can still remember telling him that whatever he was seeing wasn't real, she can still remember whispering sweet nothings into his ear until she saw his blue eyes open, she can still remember seeing the fear in his blue eyes, she can still remember telling him that is was okay, she can still remember how he hugged her tightly, she can still remember his tears landing on her bare shoulder, she can still remember kissing him until he yawned, she can still remember whispering how much she loved him.
She can still remember his nightmares in Paris.
NCIS Director and former field agent Jennifer 'Jenny, Jen' Shepard wakes up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. She had remembered the attack on her six years ago, but what started as a memory ended as a nightmare where Jethro didn't save her like he did six years ago. But she's not on the streets of Paris in a ripped black dress with bruises covering her body and blood pouring down the side of her face from where her head collided with a jagged brick like her memory had her thinking, she's in the hotel bed with Jethro beside her who is now awake.
"Jen?" The voice of Jethro startles her. "No!" She shouts.
"Jen, it's me, you're safe." The soothing voice of the former Marine calms her as tears well up in her green eyes.
"The attack happened again, but only this time you didn't save me. You didn't save me!" She sobs. She knows it's stupid to cry over something that happened six years ago but it was traumatic for her to experience then have to re-live in her dreams. Suddenly she's gathered up in his string Marine arms and cradled to his chest like a toddler, something she doesn't mind considering the circumstances.
"But I did save you, Jen." She hears him tell her quietly. "I'll always save you, Jen." The redhead Director sighs into his chest.
"I love you, Jethro." She says quietly. Jethro kisses her hair.
"I love you too, Jen." He whispers.
While they'll always have nightmares about and in Paris, they'll always have each other.
A/N
: Another JIBBS oneshot and another part of my Paris series is complete, Angels!
