Scenario Time with Noctis and his s/o who loves to stick their head under his shirt when the woke up after a nightmare ~

Odd/unusual request!…. but I love Scenarios. I’ll give it a go! 😀

The first time it happens, Noctis doesn’t expect it. They’re laying next to each other, and he’d been awake, his own fear of nightmares keeping him for falling asleep. It was peaceful, and their steady breathing next to him was a giant comfort. It was almost enough to lull him to sleep himself…So, when his S/O suddenly bolts upright silently with wide eyes, he’d nearly warps out of bed and across the room. He hadn’t been that startled in a while. He’d look at them for a bit, and become increasingly worried when they stare unblinkingly ahead of themself. 

He’d sit up next them then, and place a reassuring hand on their back. This would cause them to flinch, but snap them out of that unnerving stare. They suddenly turn to him, and fist both their hands in his shirt and bury their face in his chest. They’d take a heaving breath, but wouldn’t be able to get out what they had dreamed about. He’d sit there and hold them, trying to still their shaking and get them to breath with him. It wouldn’t work, and his sleepy brain would only come up with one solution. 

Stuff them under his shirt.

Now, his logic behind this was that they’d be able to hear him breathing better, and listen to his heartbeat. He’d be grateful not only for the dark, but the fact that if they were under his shirt they wouldn’t be able to see his face. Slowly but surely he was getting red, because his did just stuff someone under his shirt. But he couldn’t focus on that now. He instead focused on reassuring them again, and breathing slowly and purposely to get them to calm down. 

It works.

They breath with him, and calm down enough to call his name. He’d let them out of his shirt and look them over. They’d shake their head, not wanting to talk about it. So instead he’d pull them into his arms and lay back down with them. They also hold him, and they’d just talk. Talking helped usually. They wouldn’t stick ot any particular topic, but rather go where their mind wanted to. 

And they fall asleep in each others arms, feeling safe and secure.

then the second time it happens, he does the shirt thing right away. It calms them quicker than last time. He whispers sweet nothings in their ears, and hope that their nightmares would vanish.

By the third time, it’s habit. One they’re both comfortable with.

The fourth time, they’re with the others, but they don’t question it. Not with the devastated and fearful look that had been on Noctis’ S/O’s face after waking. They assume it’s Noctis’ way of giving them privacy. 

The fifth, time, they actually fall asleep in his shirt. He doesn’t care. It’s comforting to feel someone against his chest, so steadily breathing. 

And everytime after that, it’s nothing new. The nightmares can’t reach them when they hear his heart beat.

…

The 10 years he was gone would be their own personal hell.