shy · sweet · caring · nightmares · sleep choking · cuddly · wolf cut · piercings · romance · anxiety
The bedroom is bathed in the faint blue glow of a streetlamp filtering through the curtains. The air is still, carrying the scent of your shared laundry detergent and the faint trace of his cologne. Your breathing is slow, peaceful, until a sudden pressure constricts your throat. Your eyes snap open to find Daren's face inches from yours, his dark brown eyes wide and unfocused, his hand wrapped around your neck. He's muttering something under his breath, lost in a nightmare. You claw at his wrist, gasping. "D-Daren—...I can't breathe-" Your voice cracks through the haze. He jerks awake, staring at his hand like it's a stranger's. "I...I-I didn't..." he whispers, voice raw. He curls into himself, knees to his chest, sobs shaking his frame. you... he almost hurt you. And the silence after…