a small Guardian x Crow ficlet, inspired by me having consecutive nightmares for way too long now 馃槱
Crow was... running. The reality was loose under his feet and kept changing directions. But he knew he had to keep going, forward and forward.
Until he ran into the Guardian, whose face, contorted with anger, scared him. And he didn't know how to keep that fear down, so he screamed and screamed and screamed and waited until his screaming made his voice nothing but a hoarse echo.
And then he woke up.
His fingers grip onto the blankets, feeling the warmth of the fabric, the tight folds. His heart is pounding in his chest, trying to run away. Trying to make him run away.
The Guardian sits up beside him, and Crow flinches. His throat still hurts from screaming, even if he didn't utter a sound.
They ask him if he is alright.
"I... You are not mad at me, are you?"
They smile at him and shake their head. A resolution so clear, it wipes away some of the fear.
"Another nightmare," Crow mutters, rubbing his sleepy eyes, trying to make the burning tears in the corners of his eyes go away, unbidden. He is so tired.
As the Guardian guides him into their arms, Crow counts the lights outside the window. He feels for the fabric, and then for the Guardian's body. He feels the smell of them both, of their home. His mouth tastes with anxious acid.
But his heart slows down and reality sets in with a kinder sensation around him.
He doesn't need to run. He doesn't need to scream.
The Guardian kisses his forehead as Crow nestles within their embrace. He is not sure he wants to sleep just yet, so he wraps himself in the comfort of being held and reassured.
Maybe tomorrow those dreams will not find him again.
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so like ik he鈥檚 dead but can the tma fandom plz fancast Gerry as Brandon Lee. Yk the guy who played Eric Draven in the crow? Look him up if you haven鈥檛 seen it because that鈥檚 literally Gerard Keay right there change my mind.
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