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At first Tim doesn’t realize what is happening, there’s a noise and at first he thinks it’s coming from the hallway. He bolts up looking around for what the threat might be.
He feels Lucy’s foot kick his knee which isn’t weird she moves a lot in her sleep. And then she kicks him again this time harder, and he opens one eye and then another. He turns to look at Lucy who is flailing in her sleep.
“No.” She cries. “Please not again.” Tim eyes widen as he realizes she’s having a nightmare. He gently puts his hand on her arm and shakes her softly.
“Luce.” He mutters. “Baby. Wake up.” But she doesn’t wake, his words just seem to distress her more.
“No! Please no.. Caleb.” She cries and Tim’s hearts breaks as he hears the name that he hopes to never hear again. He shakes her harder this time determined to wake her up from her nightmare.
“Lucy.” He says louder. “Babe wake up. You are okay.” Lucy kicks him one more time before opening her eyes again and looks at him, tears in her eyes.
“T-Tim?” She says shakily. “W-what happened?” Tim pulls her to him so she can rest her head on his chest.
“You were having a nightmare baby.” He says softly. “You are okay.” Lucy closes her eyes and breathes deeply before speaking, Tim knows she’s getting herself together.
“It was Caleb and Rosalind and they took me and then they took you. And we were both buried alive and I couldn’t do anything about it.” She cries softly and Tim combs his fingers through her hair.
“Shhh. It’s okay I’m here.” He says soothingly. Lucy is quiet as she lays on Tim’s chest clutching his shirt tightly in her fingers.
He feels her shaking and soothes her once again, running her hand up and down her back. “I’m here Lucy.” He says. “Is this the first time you have had a nightmare?”
Lucy is quite as she grips his shirt tighter, “No, I have had them before.” She whispers. Tim’s heart breaks a little knowing that she went through these nightmares alone when she didn’t have to.
“Why didn’t you tell me babe?” He asks softly. He’s not mad, he just wants her to know that he’s always there for her.
“I didn’t want to bother you.” She says burying her face into his chest. Tim kisses her gently pausing as he holds his lips to her hair.
“Luce you know you can bother me no matter what.” Tim says and Lucy blows out a breath but doesn’t speak so Tim continues. “Did someone else make you feel like you were bothering them?”
Lucy looks up at him and Tim can see it in her eyes that he got it. Bingo he thinks
Lucy shrugs looking down at her hands and playing with her fingers. “Yes.” Is all she says and Tim kisses her again. “Chris. He kind of compared our traumas. And I woke up one night and he—” she pauses and Tim wants to ring Chris’s neck while also trying to forget the imagine of Lucy in bed with Chris. He tugs her closer, and kisses her again. “He hated when I would wake him up so I started to just not stay the night or let him stay the night. It was just easier. I didn’t want to bother him.”
She adjusts herself so she’s looking at him and places a hand on his cheek. “I don’t want to inconvenience you.” She says. Tim lays his hand over hers and squeezes it.
“You are not an inconvenience baby. You never will be I want you to wake me up. I want to be there for you. Okay?” He says softly and Lucy nods and curls up into him, he wraps himself around her and lays a hand on her heart. A simple promise that he would always be there for her. She lays her hand on top of his, her promise to him that she would do the same.