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The soft voice of his lover gently stirred him from his sleep as he rolled over to peer at the door. To his pleasant surprise, the voice he heard was not a dream but in fact, his lovely partner, Y/N, clad in one of his t-shirts which absolutely drowned them and a pair of fuzzy pajama pants, clutching the teddy bear he had won them at the student festival, the pairs first date together.
“What the fuck?”
he asked quietly, sitting up and rubbing his eyes to check the clock that now read 3 am in bright, irritating red.
“Are you okay?”
Katsuki asked softly, usually, they would’ve texted him before they came over or straight up burst into his room like a maniac but tonight was different. They stood silently by the door, head down and looking at their bare feet without saying a word. A confused look crossed Katsuki’s face as he moved the covers aside, slipping out of bed and over to Y/N, and that’s when he heard it. The quiet sniffling coming from his partner and instantly, Katsuki’s eyes widened. Are they crying?
“Baby talk to me, what’s wrong?”
the concern in his voice was evident as he wrapped his strong arms around them and they wordlessly returned the embrace. They stood in the silent darkness of katsuki’s room for what felt like forever before Y/N finally spoke softly.
“I’m sorry I woke you up…” they mumbled softly, gripping his shirt as they hugged him tighter.
“Don’t apologize, stupid. You know my doors always open for you,” he spoke softly, rubbing their back in soothing circles.
“Now what happened?”
he asked, pulling away and holding them at arm’s length, taking note of their tearstained cheeks and red eyes. The sight nearly broke him completely, he hated seeing them this upset.
“It’s really nothing… I just had a bad dream,”
They paused momentarily to catch their breath as tears welled up in their eyes again. Katsuki’s eyes widened and he brushed his rough thumb over their cheek to catch the tears falling gently.
“We went on a mission, together… katsuki, I saw you die and I couldn’t do anything to stop it.”
Y/N’s voice caught in their throat, choking back a quiet sob and clutching him tightly in their grasp. Katsuki saw how shaken they were and that broke his heart into pieces. He knew that hero work would be dangerous, hell, training to be a hero was dangerous but he never thought that it would give his significant other nightmares.
“Hey…don’t you worry about that, you know damn well no villain is strong enough to kill me,”
He paused briefly, gently rubbing his calloused thumbs over y/n’s cheeks.
“And I cant go dying now, I’ve got someone to home to after all.” his response was genuine, the quiet tone of his voice was evidence enough. Pressing a small kiss to their forehead, he gently lifted them into his arms, taking care to keep their blanket securely wrapped around them as he made his way to bed. Carefully placing y/n in bed before crawling in after, wrapping his strong arms around their waist and tugging them closer, their head resting on his strong chest.
“Can you hear that? My heart, it beats for you, and it’s going to continue to beat for you. I promise.”