Private with brave_soldier

"No, you're not. If you were okay, I wouldn't have felt such a deep seated need to get back to you. What happened?"

" just a nightmare.."

"Just a nightmare? Are you totally sure?"

"yes.. they get really bad sometimes.."

"You wanna talk about it?"

"no.." he said softly and wrapped his arms around himself

"Okay, that's fine." Sian sat down next to him. "Need a hug?"

" yeah.."

Sian leaned down and gave Asra a squeeze, holding him close.

asra held close to sian, not wanting to let go

"You're okay, I'm here now." He murmured.

"thankyou.."

Sian hummed in acknowledgement, giving Asra a squeeze.

asra sighed softly " you.. you should go now.."

"No. Not until you're actually okay."

" it was just a bad dream sian."

"A bad dream can last a lifetime if dismissed improperly."

asra sighed " then what do I do?"

"Just let me comfort you. Admit you're not okay."

"…" asra bit his lip " alright.. im not okay.."

"See? That's good. It's better to admit that yourself that you're not okay and leave it at that than to keep it all bottled up."

“ sian it’s not helping, I just feel worse”

"Well, would you prefer quiet? That could also help."

“ no sian.. I just need a moment..”

"Okay, okay." Sian fell quiet, uncomfortable and unsure of what he should do.

“ I'm sorry..” he said softly, “ I hate people seeing this side of me..”

"Don't be sorry. There's nothing wrong with having sides you hate. Lord knows I've got enough of them."

“ …” asra nuzzled closer to the other

Sian just held him, stroking his hair lightly.

“ love you too,”