Hi! If you are taking requests could I request a sleep token Vessel X reader where he comforts reader after a nightmare?
The amount of excitement I got when I saw this ask- AH!!! Hands down, nightmare comfort fics are my weakness by far, always have been. So thank you!! I hope you enjoy! This is STRONGLY inspired by my own nightmares and their aftermaths, so a tad self indulgent too. 😝😘
vessel x f!reader
warnings: nightmares obv, a lot of comfort from the cute lean bean of a man
It’s happening again.
It’s the one where you feel your body vibrating. Your mind is aware but your body is still asleep. You’re unable to move, frozen to your bed and unable to open your eyes. Not that you’d really want to see what was going on.
You feel as though you’re being watched from all sides. The only sound you hear is your own blood rushing through your veins and your lungs are moving oxygen so fast that you feel as though there's not enough. Panic sets in to your bones now.
You know it’s happening and you’re not able to stop it. Try as you might to tell yourself that it will be over soon, the terror that's being inflicted on you by whatever force above you is overwhelming.
You try to call out to Vessel, exerting all of your energy it seems, to get your voice to work, for air to move through your larynx.
The sound of your blood gets to be too loud and your entire being feels like it’s being shaken by this force that comes to haunt you too often.
Soon, you think through your panic. Soon you’ll pass out and it’ll be over. Soon is finally here.
Blackness envelops you, for how long, you’re unsure.
You wake up in near hysterics next. This time you’re able to move with your own will. Your legs come up to your chest as you sit upright.
Your breathing once again is too fast as you clutch the sides of your neck. You try to look around you to get your bearings.
Vessel moves to sit up next to you, “‘re okay, love. I’m right here.”
Tears fill your eyes and quickly overflow. You feel a hand rubbing up and down your spine, trying to get your lungs to cooperate. Your breath catches over and over again as you sob. The fear running through you is tangible.
Vessel realizes you’re past the point he usually can catch you to calm down. He gets up to be in front of you, moving the comforters to take your forearms in each of his hands.
“Hey, hey, focus on me,” he says seriously. You blink rapidly and look up to him. You try not to think about being frozen as you were, helpless and vulnerable.
“That's it. Focus on my voice sweetheart.” He puts your palms to his bare chest. This always helps you to focus.
“Breathe, baby. Slow. In and out. Do it with me. In and out.” You try to follow as best as you can through the tears streaming down your face. You feel his voice rumble through your hands as he speaks and his ribcage moving as he exaggerates his deep breaths.
He shushes you for a few moments. As childish as it may seem, it’s your favorite thing to hear.
You look into his eyes, trying to show him just how terrified you were a moment ago. You squeeze shut your eyes for a moment, more tears flow and you breathe out heavily.
“There you go. Just like that.” One of his hands leaves your own to caress your face. You lean into him. His thumb brushes underneath your eye, the skin there tender with hot tears.
You let your lungs fill with oxygen and breathe out again. It’s coming easier now, but your diaphragm still spasms occasionally.
“You’re okay now, pretty girl. It’s over.” He reassures you. He knows that this dream is recurring and petrifies you.
You breathe out before swallowing to speak, “I’m sorry. It.. it always feels so real.”
You always feel a bit stupid afterwards. It’s not like a zombie came back to life and ripped your leg off. Something normal be scared about. It’s just that an unknown force seems to make you unable to move on your own accord and to feel your body practically vibrating invokes such a fear into you that it leaves you unable to sleep for days afterwards. There’s never a zombie, as much as you wish for one instead.
“I know it does.” He reaches for your water cup on the nightstand and puts the straw to your lips. You suck down nearly half of it before exhaling again. “I’ll always be here, okay?” You nod at him as you take back your arms from him.
You get up to use the bathroom and gather your thoughts. By the time you get back to bed, Vessel is there, opening the covers to you.
“Come on, sleep time.” You slide in next to him, feet cold from the bathroom tile. You rub them together before finding his legs to warm them up. He laughs quietly, “Why do your feet always find me when they’re cold?”
“Because you’re always warm!” you whisper-yell.
He laughs again before sliding an arm around you.
“You know I’ll always be here for you, right? After every nightmare, after every dream.” He tightens his arm for a moment and leans down to kiss the top of your head.
“Mhmm,” You snuggle in closer to him, if that’s possible. “Thank you,” you whisper back before pressing your lips to his ribs.
You hear him shushing you again, knowing it's your weakness and your eyes close.
Vessel stays awake for a bit longer just to make sure your little breaths are even against his skin.
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I FIGURED OUT WHY GONCHAROV SEEMED SO FAMILIAR! There was this anime I used to love as a kid called, Shisha no Tokei, which means like, Time of Dying or something?? Turns out it was a Goncharov adaptation lmao
I looked it up online and apparently it got cancelled with like, three episodes left to go, major cliffhanger. None of the english sources seem to agree if it was cancelled because of low ratings, or if there was some sort of copyright issues at the production company.
Seemed like a good idea to watch the original movie to compare, and tbh the anime is kindaaaa trash. Like, maybe its just a really bad sub? But its the only one I could find. But its good trash! They added way more explosions and mafia bullshit, and the homoeroticism is a lot less subtle. I think they might have been going for a fanservice yuri angle for Katya and Sofiya? But the Gonchrey stuff is pretty faithful to the source material. Anyway its super cheesy and the symbolism is a lot more hamfisted than the original live-action Goncharov, but its a lot of fun!
Also for some reason in the anime Katya had a twin sister, and Icepick Joe used a chainsaw?? It didn’t seem to go anywhere, and he still used the normal switchblades in the scene with the eyestabbing, idk why they added those bits
Anyway if you’re big on Gonchrey or whatever the ship name is checkout the ep “Farewell My Andrey” you’ll thank me later
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So... I have a Touhou OC (TouhOC?).
Meet Baioretto Tokei, the Semi Eternal Child! She has a Yellow Gingham Dress, Purple and white thigh highs, Mary Janes, and Light Purple hair.
She's a Yokai with the ability to alter ages, mentally and physically. She gets joy out of playing pranks with her powers on people, but tends to feel bad afterwards.
She lives in colder parts of Gensokyo, and claimed a little area for herself where she grows cold resistant plants. She's a sweetheart once you actually get to know her.
Her Danmaku Bullets are little wisps she claims to have "made herself". Theoretically, if you were to get hit by one of these bullets in game, they would either increase or lower your speed instead of damaging you, to reflect her powers in canon.
She enjoys spending time by the rivers of Gensokyo, and tries to travel to the Forest of Magic whenever possible to practice using her powers. She... doesn't like to practice in front of people... wonder why...?
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